European Commission fines Google for abusing dominance

The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.

Country: EU

Domains: IG

Stakeholder: European Bodies

Tags: dominant position, Google, EU law, fine, antitrust

Posted on Tuesday 27 June 2017

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