Google moves to end EU antitrust probe without fine
11 years, 11 months ago

Google moves to end EU antitrust probe without fine

Firstpost  

Google has formally submitted a package of concessions to European Union competition regulators in a move to settle a two-year antitrust investigation… Google has formally submitted a package of concessions to European Union competition regulators in a strong signal that the world’s No. On this basis, Google then made a formal submission of commitments to the Commission,” said Antoine Colombani, the Commission’s spokesman on competition policy. Google’s getting sued “We are now preparing the launch of a market test to seek feedback from market players, including complainants, on these commitment proposals,” he said, declining to provide details. In an indication of the pitfalls still ahead for Google, online German mapping service and Google complainant Hotmaps said the concessions must address rivals’ concerns. “hot-map.com will actively partake in the market testing of Google’s concessions and only accept a settlement if competition is fully restored in a future-proof manner,” said Michael Weber, the company’s chief executive.

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Google, Apple hit by EU regulatory crackdown
1 week, 1 day ago

Google, Apple hit by EU regulatory crackdown

The Hindu  

Google was hit with two charges of breaching landmark EU rules on Wednesday, while Apple was ordered to help rivals connect with its iPhones and iPads, as Europe's antitrust regulators continued a crackdown against Big Tech. A service fee charged by the company for facilitating an app developer's initial acquisition of a new customer via Google Play goes beyond what …

Google urges US government to avoid breaking up firm: Report
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Google urges US government to avoid breaking up firm: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

Google met with President Donald Trump's government last week and urged them to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, according to a person familiar with the matter. As we've publicly said, we're concerned the current proposals would harm the American economy and national security," a Google spokesperson said. The department has laid out potential …

Google to be hit with EU charges of breaching Big Tech rules
1 month ago

Google to be hit with EU charges of breaching Big Tech rules

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address the EU antitrust regulator's concerns and those of its rivals, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines …

UK’s competition watchdog to investigate Google over search dominance
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2 months, 1 week ago

UK’s competition watchdog to investigate Google over search dominance

Firstpost  

UK’s CMA’s investigation is focusing on how Google’s dominance in the market affects consumers, businesses, news publishers, and its rivals. With Google controlling more than 90% of searches in the UK, the CMA believes this dominance could be skewing the playing field The CMA also points out that search advertising costs UK households nearly 500 pounds a year, a sum …

Google’s search ad business faces fresh investigation from UK’s competition watchdog
2 months, 1 week ago

Google’s search ad business faces fresh investigation from UK’s competition watchdog

The Hindu  

Britain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it's investigating Google's search ad business, adding to global scrutiny that the U.S. tech giant is facing. Using new powers to investigate competition in digital markets, the watchdog said it would determine whether Google should be given “strategic market status” that would require imposing remedies to change its behavior. Google said in a statement that …

Google faces more scrutiny as UK watchdog flexes new digital competition powers
2 months, 1 week ago

Google faces more scrutiny as UK watchdog flexes new digital competition powers

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog flexed new digital market powers on Monday for the first time with an investigation into Google’s search and search ad businesses. Under beefed-up rules that took effect this month designed to protect consumers and businesses from unfair practices by Big Tech companies, the Competition and Markets Authority said it would determine whether Google should be …

Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case
3 months ago

Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case

The Hindu  

Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search engine on its Safari browser. Apple does not plan to build its own search engine to compete with Alphabet's Google, …

Google offers to loosen search deals in US antitrust case remedy
3 months ago

Google offers to loosen search deals in US antitrust case remedy

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search. That is especially true "in an environment where remarkable artificial intelligence innovations are rapidly changing how people interact with many online …

Google Break-Up: US Regulator Could Force Search Giant To Sell Off Chrome, Stop Android Favour
4 months, 1 week ago

Google Break-Up: US Regulator Could Force Search Giant To Sell Off Chrome, Stop Android Favour

ABP News  

US regulators are ramping up efforts to dismantle Google’s monopoly power, proposing a breakup of the tech giant that could see its Chrome web browser sold off and its Android software stripped of preferential treatment for its search engine. These include halting multibillion-dollar agreements that make Google the default search engine on devices like Apple’s iPhone and requiring Google to …

Court challenges to Google's search supremacy an 'existential threat' — so how could it be split up?
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Court challenges to Google's search supremacy an 'existential threat' — so how could it be split up?

ABC  

Google's monopoly on search is clear. This deal saw Google pay Apple a slice of advertising revenue, in return for preloading its search engine as the exclusive default on Apple's Safari browser. The court ultimately ruled that Google had broke the law by "maintaining a monopoly" on search. "The result of that case is that it cleared a space for …

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine
6 months, 1 week 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
6 months, 1 week 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 and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

The Hindu  

Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies. The European Union’s top court rejected Google's appeal against the 2.4 billion euro penalty from the European Commission, …

Google loses EU court appeal against 2.4-bln-euro fine
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses EU court appeal against 2.4-bln-euro fine

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-11 00:47 People walk next to a Google logo during a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany on April 22. BRUSSELS -- Google lost its final court appeal on Tuesday against a European Union fine of 2.4 billion euros, for abuse of its dominant position by favoring its own comparison shopping service. In 2017, the …

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine
6 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 Must Pay Rs 22,245-Cr Fine For Abusing Online Shopping Comparisons, EU Top Court Orders
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Must Pay Rs 22,245-Cr Fine For Abusing Online Shopping Comparisons, EU Top Court Orders

ABP News  

The European Union’s top court has upheld a €2.4 billion fine against Google for abusing its market dominance in online shopping comparisons. However, the court’s ruling solidifies the Commission’s stance that Google unfairly boosted its shopping comparison service over rivals, effectively sidelining competition in the market. The company has accumulated fines totalling €8.2 billion from the European Commission, including a …

Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine. The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld a lower court’s decision, rejecting the company’s appeal against the 2.4 billion euro …

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

LA Times  

In this photo from 2007, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty after the bloc’s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and …

‘Google’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Google’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'

Hindustan Times  

Google was slammed Friday by U.K. regulators who say it's taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech giant is facing on both sides of the Atlantic over its “ad tech” business practices. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said that the U.S. company gives preference to its own services …

Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopoly
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopoly

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. Attorneys for the Justice Department and Google were unable …

Google Has Acted As A Monopoly, Violated Competition Illegally: US Judge Says About Company's Practices
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Has Acted As A Monopoly, Violated Competition Illegally: US Judge Says About Company's Practices

News 18  

Google has once again made the headlines regarding its search monopoly in the market and how it has been able to pump billions into the segment illegally and push competition way behind. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday ruled that Google had violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to secure exclusive agreements with developers, carriers and equipment …

"Google is a monopolist": Judge sides with Biden administration, says tech giant broke antitrust law
7 months, 3 weeks ago

"Google is a monopolist": Judge sides with Biden administration, says tech giant broke antitrust law

Salon  

Google illegally monopolized online search by paying companies like Apple and AT&T to make Google the default search engine on their devices, a federal judge ruled in a landmark antitrust case on Monday. The decision from U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta is the one of the most significant rulings against a tech giant in the last two decades and …

Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
10 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

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. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that …

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
10 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

Associated Press  

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that it’s unprecedented for a jury to decide a federal antitrust case brought by the government. The right to a jury trial, based …

Google faces second day of closing arguments in US antitrust trial
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google faces second day of closing arguments in US antitrust trial

Hindustan Times  

The U.S. government will lay out its antitrust case against Alphabet's Google on Friday in a second day of closing arguments focused on accusations that the online search leader broke the law to stay on top in search advertising. The largest US antitrust trial since regulators went after Microsoft a quarter century ago is set to resume with government and …

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta
1 year ago

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta

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. Apple, Google parent firm Alphabet, and Meta – the …

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening
1 year ago

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening

Hindustan Times  

EU antitrust regulators opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms claiming potential breaches of landmark EU tech rules. The EU executive said in a statement as per news agency Reuters, “The Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these gatekeepers fall short of effective compliance of their obligations under …

Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets
1 year ago

Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets Act that took full …

Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair
1 year, 1 month ago

Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair

Wired  

To comply with looming rules that ban tech giants from favoring their own services, Google has been testing new look search results for flights, trains, hotels, restaurants, and products in Europe. The EU’s Digital Markets Act is supposed to help smaller companies get more traffic from Google, but reviews service Yelp says that when it tested Google’s design tweaks with …

Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says
1 year, 2 months ago

Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says

Associated Press  

LONDON — A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court said Thursday that Google should pay a whopping fine in a long-running antitrust case in which regulators found the company gave its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results. In a legal opinion, Kokott also proposed upholding the 2.4 billion euro fine that the European …

Japan launches anti-monopoly probe into Google's search dominance
1 year, 5 months ago

Japan launches anti-monopoly probe into Google's search dominance

The Hindu  

Japan's competition watchdog said on Monday it has started investigating Google for a possible breach of anti-monopoly laws in web search services, following similar steps by authorities in Europe and other major economies. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said it was investigating whether Google violated Japan's Antimonopoly Act by returning part of its revenue to Android smartphone makers on the …

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine
1 year, 6 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 …

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained
1 year, 6 months ago

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 12, Justice Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia started hearing what is being described as the most important case about the future of the Internet. The key allegation against Google is that its “arrangements” with Apple and other companies to be the default search engine on their devices, …

It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 6 months ago

It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google will confront a …

US takes on Google: What to know about biggest antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 6 months ago

US takes on Google: What to know about biggest antitrust trial in decades

Al Jazeera  

Google has grabbed a 90 percent market share in search in the US in recent years, the government estimates. A blockbuster antitrust trial is underway in Washington, DC, where the United States Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general have accused Alphabet’s Google of unlawfully abusing its dominance in the search engine market to maintain monopoly power. …

Judge allows key U.S. antitrust Google search claims to go to trial
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge allows key U.S. antitrust Google search claims to go to trial

The Hindu  

A U.S. judge hearing the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the internet search market let stand key claims made by the federal government. U.S. Judge Amit Mehta in Washington in a decision made public on Friday granted Google's request on some grounds but allowed the remainder of the claims to proceed to trial next …

Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
1 year, 9 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 …

Google to move Supreme Court over anti-trust ruling, ₹1,337.76 cr fine: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Google to move Supreme Court over anti-trust ruling, ₹1,337.76 cr fine: Report

Hindustan Times  

Google is preparing to approach India's Supreme Court within days to try to block a ruling by the country's antitrust watchdog that will force the U.S. company to change how it markets its Android platform, two people familiar with its strategy told Reuters. Google, however, has been worried about the Indian decision as the remedies ordered are seen as more …

Google appeals huge Android antitrust fine to EU's top court
2 years, 3 months ago

Google appeals huge Android antitrust fine to EU's top court

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. Read our privacy policy Google is challenging a record …

‘Major setback': Google on Competition Commission's ₹1,338 crore fine order
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Major setback': Google on Competition Commission's ₹1,338 crore fine order

Hindustan Times  

Search engine giant Google on Friday called the ₹1,337.76 crore fine imposed by Competition Commission of India a ‘major setback for Indian consumers and businesses’. On Thursday, the anti-trust watchdog ordered Google to pay a ₹1,337.76 crore fine for ‘abusing its dominant position’ in multiple markets in the Android ecosystem. The CCI noted that Google ‘perpetuated’ its dominant position in …

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter
2 years, 5 months ago

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter

The Hindu  

More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros five years ago and told the firm to stop favouring its shopping …

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 6 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 …

EU court upholds record antitrust fine against Google
2 years, 6 months ago

EU court upholds record antitrust fine against Google

Al Jazeera  

Google claims the case falsely relies on accusations it imposes its search engine and Chrome browser on Android phones. The European Union’s second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, slightly reducing the fee for technical reasons. In a statement, the European General Court said it “largely confirms …

Google faces antitrust complaint by Danish job-search rival
2 years, 9 months ago

Google faces antitrust complaint by Danish job-search rival

The Hindu  

Google faces an antitrust complaint on Monday by Danish online job-search rival Jobindex, which told European Union regulators the Alphabet-owned business had allegedly unfairly favoured its own job-search service. Jobindex's action comes four years after German media group Axel Springer's jobs portal Stepstone filed a similar complaint against Google. "Nevertheless, in the short time following the introduction of Google for …

Google ad dominance threatened by third investigation
2 years, 10 months ago

Google ad dominance threatened by third investigation

The Telegraph  

Google faces its third investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority in 16 months over allegations it abuses its dominance to distort Britain’s advertising markets. The regulator said it was examining how Google’s advertising technology may deliberately and “illegally” favour its own services above those of third parties. Andrea Coscelli, the CMA’s chief executive, said: “We’re worried that Google may …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 10 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-Facebook “Jedi Blue“ deal under probe in EU
3 years ago

Google-Facebook “Jedi Blue“ deal under probe in EU

The Hindu  

In December 2020, nearly a dozen U.S. states, led by Texas, sued Google for secretly running an illegal advertising monopoly. In this case, it allowed Facebook to send bids directly into Google’s widely used software, known as an ad server. Through the 2018 agreement “a competing technology to Google’s Open Bidding may have been targeted with the aim to weaken …

PriceRunner sues Google for 2.1 billion euros, prepares for long fight
3 years, 1 month ago

PriceRunner sues Google for 2.1 billion euros, prepares for long fight

The Hindu  

Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner said on Monday it was suing Alphabet-owned Google for about 2.1 billion euros, the latest firm to take legal action alleging the search giant manipulated search results. Google in November lost an appeal against a 2.42 billion-euro fine it received in 2017 which found using its own price comparison shopping service gave the company an …

Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court
3 years, 2 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 is paying Apple to stay out of the search business, a lawsuit alleges
3 years, 2 months ago

Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search business, a lawsuit alleges

The Hindu  

A lawsuit filed in California complained that Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search engine business. The complaint stated that Google would share it's search profits with Apple and also make multi-billion-dollar payments towards Apple for not competing in the search business, according to a release by Alioto, a law firm participating in the lawsuit. In return, …

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