European Commission Announced This week it is relying on Google € 2.95 billion (less than just $ 3.5 billion).
The Commission found that Google had violated the European Union’s counter -corresponding rules in favor of its own advertising services. In particular, the Commission stated that Google “abused” its “key positions” in favor of its publisher advertising server and its advertising tools in favor of its Ad Exchange Adx.
The Commission also stated that Google has 60 days, “bring these self-existence practices to an end” and “to implement measures to prevent its underlying interests with the Adtech supply chain.”
“Google should now come forward with a serious way to address the conflict of their interests, and if failed to do so, we will not hesitate to implement strong measures.” “Digital markets exist to serve people and they should go into confidence and fairness. And when the market fails, public institutions should work to prevent major players from misusing their power.”
In response, A Google spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal The company will appeal to the Commission’s decision, stating, “There is nothing in providing services to advertisement buyers and vendors, and there are more options for our services than ever.”
Wsj report The announcement was delayed from the planned date of 1 September, allegedly due to concerns over the continuous talks on the European Union and the United States possible trade deal.
This is the second largest antitrust fine in the European Union (behind) $ 5 billion fine Against Google in 2018). The decision was criticized not only by Google, but also by US President Donald Trump, who Complained in a true social post “Many other fines and taxes that have been issued against Google and other American technical companies” apple.
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“We can not allow it to be for luxurious and unprecedented American simplicity, if this happens, I will be forced to initiate a section 301 proceedings to reduce the improper penalty to these posts.”
chairman Hosted a television dinner On Thursday, where technical officials including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google co-founder Sergei Brin praised Trump’s policies, especially around AI.
Meanwhile, Google appeared in the United States this week to win a no -confidence victory. However, a federal judge had earlier ruled that the company had illegally worked to maintain monopoly in online search, Their treatment is very reduced The Department of Justice for the company to sell chrome and potentially even Android.
