Google fined €1.49bn by EU for advertising violations
by Alex Hern and Jasper Jolly from Technology | The Guardian on (#4BEWS)
Tech company has been fined a8.24bn by EU commission over past two years
Google has been fined a1.5bn (1.3bn) by the EU for abusing its monopoly in online advertising, bringing the total cost of punishments imposed on the search giant by Brussels to a8.2bn over two years.
The latest ruling means that since 2017 the EU has found Google abused its power in shopping comparison services, its Android mobile phone operating system and now search adverts.
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