A judge considering whether to order a breakup of Google's advertising technology business has asked the US Department of Justice how quickly such a remedy would take effect.

Google has so far come away largely unscathed from a bipartisan government legal crackdown on the dominance of Big Tech - a push that began during the first term of US President Donald Trump.

But that could change, depending on what US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, decides in the DOJ's case over Google's ad tech.

At closing arguments in the case on Friday, the judge brought up the fact that Google will seek to appeal the case, a move that would likely push any forced sale years down the road.

"The kind of request you are making most likely would not be as easily enforceable while an

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