Google should appoint antitrust compliance officer, US judge says in ad tech case

Sept 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge said ‌Google should appoint an ‌internal antitrust compliance officer ​and make other changes to its advertising technology business, even though ‌the Alphabet ⁠unit does not need to break ⁠up that business.

U.S. District Judge Leonie ​Brinkema in ​Alexandria, ​Virginia, gave her ‌assessment in an opinion unsealed on Wednesday, two weeks after she rejected the U.S. ‌Department of Justice's ​demand for ​a ​breakup. She had ‌given both sides ​14 ​days to seek redactions of confidential information.

(Reporting ​by ‌Jonathan Stempel in New ​York; Editing by ​Chris Reese)