Google Is In Trouble In Turkey; Gets a $25 Million Fine And Orders To Change Online Ad Business Strategy
4 years, 1 month ago

Google Is In Trouble In Turkey; Gets a $25 Million Fine And Orders To Change Online Ad Business Strategy

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Google is in trouble in Turkey again. The company has been hit by a 196.7 million Turkish lira fine by the Turkish Competition Board. This the second fine Google has been asked to pay in Turkey just this year—there was a 98.3 million Turkish lira fine earlier this year for deploying “aggressive competition tactics.” The investigations by the Turkish authorities suggest that Google altered text ads to favour some companies in the search results and pushed some others out. Arab News reports that Google has 60 days to appeal the judgement, though it is not clear at this time if Google will. Google has been accused of unfavorable search result placement for companies that do not generate Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Coronavirus News here

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Google hit with 3.8 million rouble fine in Russia for non-compliance
1 month ago

Google hit with 3.8 million rouble fine in Russia for non-compliance

Live Mint  

Alphabet's Google has been fined 3.8 million roubles by a Russian district court for failing to remove content deemed illegal under Russian regulations, reported Reuters. In parallel, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the company’s challenges during a recent earnings call, including the ongoing antitrust scrutiny in the United States. When questioned about the proposed remedies stemming from the Department of …

Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fine, which is the equivalent of $20 billion trillion trillion, is the result of four years …

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine
3 months ago

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine

Live Mint  

Alphabet unit Google won its challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro antitrust fine imposed five years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising, a week after it lost a much bigger case. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to prevent websites from using brokers other than its AdSense platform that …

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case
3 months ago

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business. The EU’s General Court said it was throwing out the 2019 penalty imposed by the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer. The commission’s ruling applied to a narrow …

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday lost its fight against a 2.42 billion euro fine levied by EU antitrust regulators seven years ago, one of a trio of hefty fines meted out to the company for various anti-competitive practices. The European Commission fined the world's most popular internet search engine in 2017 for using its own price comparison shopping service to gain …

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest case to focus on the search giant's business practices. The lawsuit seeks damages of up to 13.6 billion pounds on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, …

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine
1 year, 3 months ago

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort at Europe's top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro EU antitrust fine imposed for market abuse related to its shopping service, saying that regulators failed to show that its practices were anti-competitive. Google lawyer Thomas Graf said the European Commission had failed to show that the company's different treatment of rivals …

Russian court fines Google $32,000 for videos on conflict in Ukraine: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian court fines Google $32,000 for videos on conflict in Ukraine: Report

Live Mint  

Google Russia news: A Russian court on Thursday fined Google 3 million rubles for allegedly failing to remove false information about the conflict in Ukraine, reported Associated Press. The AP noted that a court found Google-owned YouTube video service guilty of removing videos containing incorrect information about the conflict, which Russia describes as a "special military operation," according to Russian …

Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
1 year, 6 months ago

Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators hit Google with fresh antitrust charges Wednesday, saying the only way to satisfy competition concerns about its lucrative digital ad business is by selling off parts of the tech giant’s main moneymaker. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, said its preliminary view after an investigation is that “only the mandatory …

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 3 months ago

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine

Firstpost  

The court said that “in order better to reflect the gravity and duration of the infringement”, it’s appropriate to give Google a fine of 4.125 billion euros, according to a press summary of the decision London: One of the European Union’s highest courts has largely upheld the bloc’s biggest-ever antitrust fine, issued to Google by the bloc’s competition enforcers in …

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine, to pay 4.125 billion Euros
2 years, 3 months ago

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine, to pay 4.125 billion Euros

Firstpost  

In 2018, a court in EU fined Google to the tune of 4.3 billion Euros. The second-highest court of the European Union overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its alleged misconduct in providing its Android operating system for mobile phones. So now, instead of 4.3 billion Euros, Google will need to pay 4.125 billion Euros In a …

Google to face €25 billion claims in Netherlands, UK over adtech allegations
2 years, 3 months ago

Google to face €25 billion claims in Netherlands, UK over adtech allegations

NL Times  

Tech giant Google is facing damages claims of up to 25 billion euros in two collective lawsuits announced on Tuesday. The allegations include a claim that Google has distorted competition around its own bidding auction technique for online "It is time that Google owns up to its responsibilities and pays back the damages it has caused to this important industry,” …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 7 months ago

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe's second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to stop websites using brokers other than its AdSense platform which provided search adverts. The EU competition enforcer's …

Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court
2 years, 11 months ago

Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court

The Hindu  

Google is filing an appeal at the European Union's top court against an earlier decision to uphold a $2.8 billion antitrust fine, a spokesperson for the Alphabet unit said late on Thursday, the company's second bid to overturn the penalty. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager fined the world's most popular internet search engine in 2017 over the use of its …

Google loses appeal of huge EU fine over shopping searches
3 years, 1 month ago

Google loses appeal of huge EU fine over shopping searches

Associated Press  

LONDON — A top European Union court on Wednesday rejected Google’s appeal of a 2.4 billion euro fine from regulators who found the tech giant abused its massive online reach by giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage in search results. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s top competition watchdog, punished Google in 2017 for unfairly directing visitors to …

Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling
3 years, 1 month ago

Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google lost an appeal to a 2.42-billion-euro European antitrust decision on Wednesday, a major win for the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager in the first of three court rulings that will strengthen the EU's push to regulate big tech. "The General Court largely dismisses Google's action against the decision of the Commission finding that Google abused its dominant …

Google tells court ‘staggering’ $5 billion EU antitrust fine flawed
3 years, 2 months ago

Google tells court ‘staggering’ $5 billion EU antitrust fine flawed

The Hindu  

A 4.34 billion euro European Union antitrust fine was based on flawed calculations, Alphabet's Google said on Thursday, urging Europe's second-highest court to scrap or reduce what it said was not an appropriate penalty. "The fine that was imposed, a staggering 4.34 billion euros, was not appropriate," Google's lawyer Genevra Forwood told the five-judge panel of the General Court on …

Google offers to settle EU antitrust probe into digital advertising
3 years, 3 months ago

Google offers to settle EU antitrust probe into digital advertising

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google is seeking to settle an EU antitrust investigation into its digital advertising business, a person familiar with the matter said, a move that could help it stave off a disruptive, lengthy probe and a possible hefty fine. The European Commission opened an investigation in June into whether Google favours its own online display advertising technology services to …

France fines Google 220 mn euros over online ad dominance
3 years, 6 months ago

France fines Google 220 mn euros over online ad dominance

The Hindu  

France's competition regulator fined Google 220 million euros on Monday after finding it had favoured its own services for placing online ads at the expense of rivals, as US tech giants face growing pressure in Europe. Media groups looking to sell ad space on their internet sites or mobile apps using rival platforms often found that Google's services were unfairly …

Turkey fines Google for abusing dominant position
3 years, 8 months ago

Turkey fines Google for abusing dominant position

The Hindu  

Turkey's Competition Board has fined Alphabet Inc's Google more than 296 million lira for abusing its dominant position in search engine services, the regulator said on Wednesday. Google must ensure within six months that competitors are not disadvantaged and report to the board annually for five years on the issue, the regulator added. Google responded that its search services were …

US antitrust crackdown on Google echoes Europe's moves
4 years, 2 months ago

US antitrust crackdown on Google echoes Europe's moves

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Google got its first EU antitrust penalty in 2017, …

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