Google ad revenue charts spur dispute in looming US privacy trial
By Mike Swift ( August 4, 2025, 23:07 GMT | Insight) -- With a potential privacy trial over Google's collection of user data now just two weeks away, Google and the plaintiffs are battling over graphics a federal jury could see in the three-week trial in San Francisco. Google says the plaintiffs' proposed charts — offering side-by-side comparisons of Google's ad revenue next to the $1.7 billion in unjust enrichment damages the plaintiffs plan to seek — are prejudicial.As Google faces what could be the second US Big Tech privacy jury trial this year just two weeks away, the two sides are battling over graphics the jury would see, illustrating how the plaintiffs’ claim of up to $1.7 billion in unjust enrichment damages stacks up to Google’s massive ad revenue....
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