COMPETITION – EUROPEAN UNION – REGULATION

Google hit with $6.9bn EU fine

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 17 & 19 : 19-Jul-18

Google has been ordered to pay a record fine of EUR4.34bn ($6.9bn) for breaching anti-trust laws in Europe. The case centred on Google’s practice of requiring smartphones that use the Android operating system to be sold with Google’s own apps and services already installed. The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, says Google has sought to entrench the dominance of its search engine via Android. The European Union had previously fined Google EUR2.42bn in 2017 for giving its own products and services priority in search engine results.

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GOOGLE INCORPORATED, ALPHABET INCORPORATED, UNLOCKD PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, DOUBLECLICK INCORPORATED, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA LLC, APPLE INCORPORATED, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, EMARKETER INCORPORATED

News praises ‘game-changing’ Google fine

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 19 : 29-Jun-17

The European Commission’s anti-trust ruling against search engine giant Google has been welcomed by News Corporation. The media company hopes further action will be taken to address Google’s "shameless abuse" of its market power in the search category. Google has been ordered to pay a fine of EUR2.42bn ($A3.5bn) and take remedial action within 90 days to end the practice of giving priority to Google Shopping in search results. News Corp has also criticised Google for facilitating the dissemination of so-called fake news and "commodifying content".

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GOOGLE INCORPORATED, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION, TRIPADVISOR LLC, EXPEDIA INCORPORATED