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More Fines Incoming? Google’s Solution to Its EU Antitrust Woes Is ‘Meaningless,’ Rivals Claim

November 22, 2018

Via: Fortune
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Google may be in yet more trouble with European antitrust officials over the way it promotes its own comparison-shopping services in relation to rivals. Companies whose complaints led to a record fine for Google say the firm still isn’t complying with competition rules, and their renewed objections could lead to more severe fines for the U.S. giant if the European Commission agrees.

In June 2017, the company got hit with a $2.7 billion fine for systematically boosting the prominence of its own comparison-shopping services when users searched for products — Google holds more than 90% of the search market across most of the EU, so antitrust law says it cannot use this position to stifle competition.

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