Google’s Adtech business faces EU antitrust charges
2 years, 2 months ago

Google’s Adtech business faces EU antitrust charges

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google could face EU antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, putting the company at risk of its fourth fine in the EU of more than a billion euros, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Google's ad business, which generated over $100 billion in sales last year, is Alphabet's biggest moneymaker. The European Commission launched an investigation into Google's adtech business in June last year, concerned that the U.S. tech giant may be getting an unfair advantage over rivals and advertisers. Heart of Google’s business model The case goes to the heart of Google's advertising-driven business model, affecting advertisers, publishers, ad tech providers and users alike, said Dieter Paemen, a partner at law firm Clifford Chance who has previously advised Google rivals in other cases.

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Canada sues Google over alleged anticompetitive practices in online ads
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

Canada sues Google over alleged anticompetitive practices in online ads

Live Mint  

Canada's antitrust watchdog said Thursday it is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant's online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its ad tech services and pay a penalty. The Competition Bureau said that such action is necessary because an investigation into Google found that the company "unlawfully" tied together its ad …

Google's AI-Fueled Profits Continue Despite Regulatory Threats
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2 months, 1 week ago

Google's AI-Fueled Profits Continue Despite Regulatory Threats

Associated Press  

Google's financial performance remains strong despite challenges from AI and regulatory scrutiny. The company's profits and revenue increased due to its moneymaking machine powered by its search engine, but this is primarily attributed to the AI investments. The company is facing legal challenges from the US Department of Justice and Virginia state authorities regarding its search engine and digital advertising …

Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mark Israel, an economist who …

French media sue Google for $1.1 billion over advertising
3 months, 2 weeks ago

French media sue Google for $1.1 billion over advertising

New Indian Express  

Paris: Seven French media groups plan to sue Google seeking more than 1 billion euros for alleged anti-competitive practices in online advertising, a report said Friday. The move comes after the French competition watchdog fined Google 220 million euros in June 2021 for favouring its own services in the online advertising sector. The French competition authority has stated that Google …

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

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 opened its defense against …

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine
3 months, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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, 4 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’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'
4 months 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 …

Google antitrust ruling: A judge said the company is a monopoly, in a blow to the tech industry.
55 years ago

Google antitrust ruling: A judge said the company is a monopoly, in a blow to the tech industry.

Slate  

On Monday, a judge ruled that Google holds a monopoly on the markets for online search engines and text-based search advertising services. For more, here’s a breakdown of some of the biggest takeaways from Mehta’s long U.S. v. Google filing: Google Monopolized the Markets The decision found that Google was an effective monopolist in two specific markets, defined by the …

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices
8 months 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, …

Meta, Google, Apple could be fined 10% of their global turnover: Here's why
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta, Google, Apple could be fined 10% of their global turnover: Here's why

India TV News  

European antitrust regulators will investigate tech giants including Apple, Google, and Meta platforms for potential breaches of the EU’s new Digital Markets Act. For the unversed, the Digital Markets Act of the European Union, which became effective on March 7, aims to reduce the dominance of tech giants by facilitating user transitions between competing online services such as social media …

EU to investigate Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law
9 months, 2 weeks ago

EU to investigate Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law

Al Jazeera  

Antitrust regulators will probe the Big Tech companies for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act. European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping digital law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive, said on Monday that it was …

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers

Live Mint  

France’s competition watchdog fined Google 250 million euros, saying the search giant breached some commitments it made to negotiate license deals with an array of news publishers in the country. The Alphabet unit has for years been in the cross hairs of the French competition authority over its use of news publishers’ content in search results and, in 2022, Google …

Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups
10 months, 1 week ago

Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the company's practices in digital advertising. "The media companies involved have incurred losses due to a less competitive market, which is a direct result of Google's misconduct," a statement issued by their lawyers …

Who Is Google Actually Hurting?
1 year, 3 months ago

Who Is Google Actually Hurting?

Slate  

The Department of Justice has taken Google to court, in the most significant antitrust lawsuit to hit in decades. It’s arguing that Google unlawfully struck billion-dollar deals to be the default search engine on smartphone browsers, with executives of Apple expected to testify about the company’s cozy partnership. Advertisers Big and small businesses use Google as a critical bridge to …

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 …

Google Faces EU Charges Over Anti-Competitive Practices: Here's Why
1 year, 6 months ago

Google Faces EU Charges Over Anti-Competitive Practices: Here's Why

ABP News  

Alphabet's Google has been charged by European Union's antitrust regulators for anti-competitive practices in its digital advertising business on Wednesday. According to the 'Statement of Objections' sent to Google by the Commission over "abusive practices in online advertising technology" the company may have to sell part of its advertising business to address antitrust regulators' concerns. "The Commission takes issue with …

EU says Google ‘abused its dominant positions’ in online ads
1 year, 6 months ago

EU says Google ‘abused its dominant positions’ in online ads

The Hindu  

The European Commission accused Google on Wednesday of abusing its dominance of the online ad market and recommended the U.S. company sell part of its ad services to ensure fair competition. Google issued an immediate statement with its vice president for global ads, Dan Taylor, saying “we disagree” with the commission’s announcement “and we will respond accordingly”. Commission Vice President …

EU regulators order Google to break up digital ad business over competition concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

EU regulators order Google to break up digital ad business over competition concerns

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 European Union antitrust regulators took …

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 …

Breakup of Google Ad-Tech Business Now on Table in Europe, Too
1 year, 6 months ago

Breakup of Google Ad-Tech Business Now on Table in Europe, Too

Live Mint  

European Union antitrust regulators are considering pursuing a breakup of Google’s advertising-technology business as part of a new antitrust complaint, according to people familiar with the matter, escalating a trans-Atlantic push to loosen the search giant’s hold on digital ads. The European Commission, the EU’s top antitrust regulator, is expected as soon as Wednesday to file a formal antitrust complaint …

EU regulators may demand Google to sell part of ad-tech business, says source
1 year, 6 months ago

EU regulators may demand Google to sell part of ad-tech business, says source

The Hindu  

European Union antitrust regulators may order Alphabet Inc.'s Google to sell a part of its advertising-technology business, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The EU's top antitrust watchdog, the European Commission, could issue a formal complaint against Google as early as Wednesday, the source said, further intensifying trans-Atlantic efforts to diminish the tech giant's …

US Justice Department sues Google for dominating digital advertising using “unfair means”
1 year, 11 months ago

US Justice Department sues Google for dominating digital advertising using “unfair means”

Firstpost  

The US joins the EU in suing Google for the unfair means and anticompetitive measures it has adopted to dominate digital advertising across the world. The result, he added, is that “website creators earn less and advertisers pay more.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, demands that Google divest itself of the businesses of the buyer, seller …

U.S. sues Google, calls for breakup of ad technology ‘monopoly’
1 year, 11 months ago

U.S. sues Google, calls for breakup of ad technology ‘monopoly’

LA Times  

The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google represents the Biden administration’s first major case challenging the power of one of the nation’s largest tech companies. The U.S. Justice Department and eight states Tuesday sued Alphabet’s Google, calling for the breakup of the search giant’s ad technology business over alleged illegal monopolization of the digital advertising market. “The lawsuit we have …

Google appeals huge Android antitrust fine to EU's top court
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Regulating Big Tech gets a push
2 years, 2 months ago

Regulating Big Tech gets a push

Hindustan Times  

It was 16 years ago, in 2006, when the Oxford and Webster dictionaries recognised google as a verb to describe the act of looking something up on the internet. Through this period of boom, Google has not just retained its position as the gateway to the internet, but also entrenched it and expanded into new domains of personal digital devices …

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

EU court largely upholds $4B Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 3 months ago

EU court largely upholds $4B Google Android antitrust fine

Associated Press  

LONDON — A top court largely rejected Google’s appeal of a record European Union antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Court of Justice’s General Court mostly confirmed a 2018 decision by the EU’s executive Commission to slap Google with a fine of more than 4 …

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

EU court largely upholds $4 billion Google Android antitrust fine

The Hindu  

A top court largely rejected Google's appeal of a record European Union antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Court of Justice's General Court mostly confirmed a 2018 decision by the EU's executive Commission to slap Google with a fine of more than 4 billion euros. …

Google faces $25.4 billion damages claims in UK, Dutch courts over adtech practices
2 years, 3 months ago

Google faces $25.4 billion damages claims in UK, Dutch courts over adtech practices

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts in the coming weeks by a law firm on behalf of publishers. The French competition watchdog imposed a 220-million-euro fine on the company last year while the European Commission and its …

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 faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing
2 years, 5 months ago

Google faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing

The Hindu  

Google faces a London trial over an estimated 920-milion-pound damages claim after a court authorised a lawsuit that alleges the Alphabet-owned tech giant overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store purchases. The class action, which was certified by the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday, alleges Google abused its dominant position by charging up to 30% commission on popular apps on …

Google offers to let ad rivals place YouTube ads in EU antitrust probe
2 years, 6 months ago

Google offers to let ad rivals place YouTube ads in EU antitrust probe

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place ads on YouTube to address a crucial part of an EU antitrust investigation that could pave the way for it to settle the case without a fine, people familiar with the matter said. The EU competition watchdog singled out Google's requirement that advertisers use its Ad Manager to display …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 8 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 …

PriceRunner sues Google for 2.1 billion euros, prepares for long fight
2 years, 11 months 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
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 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, 3 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 defends Android phone maker deals, denies carrot and stick tactics
3 years, 3 months ago

Google defends Android phone maker deals, denies carrot and stick tactics

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Tuesday said deals with Android phone makers that landed it a record 4.3-billion-euro antitrust fine boosted competition and rejected EU charges that they were a carrot-and-stick tactic that stifled rivals. Lawyers for Google and the EU competition executive clashedover the company's Mobile Application Distribution Agreements that require phone makers to pre-install the Google Search app and …

Google, in fight against record EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple
3 years, 3 months ago

Google, in fight against record EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday criticised EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro fine related to its Android operating system. "The Commission shut its eyes to the real competitive dynamic in this industry, that between Apple and Android," Google's lawyer Matthew Pickford told the …

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case
3 years, 3 months ago

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google headed to a top European Union court Monday to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system. The bundle contains 11 apps, including YouTube, Maps and Gmail, but regulators focused on the three that had the biggest market share: Google Search, Chrome and the company’s Play Store …

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case
3 years, 3 months ago

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case

The Hindu  

Google is heading to a top European Union court Monday to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system. The bundle contains 11 apps, including YouTube, Maps and Gmail, but regulators focused on the three that had the biggest market share: Google Search, Chrome and the company’s Play Store for …

Google Is Appealing A $5 Billion Antitrust Fine In The EU
3 years, 3 months ago

Google Is Appealing A $5 Billion Antitrust Fine In The EU

NPR  

Google Is Appealing A $5 Billion Antitrust Fine In The EU Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP LONDON — Google headed to a top European Union court Monday to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system. The bundle contains 11 apps, including YouTube, Maps …

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 …

Google fined 500 mln euros by France’s antirust regulator
3 years, 5 months ago

Google fined 500 mln euros by France’s antirust regulator

The Hindu  

France's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders the regulator had given in a row with the country's news publishers. News publishers APIG, SEPM and AFP accuse the tech company of having failed to open talks in good faith with them to find common ground for …

EU investigates Google’s conduct in digital ad tech sector
3 years, 6 months ago

EU investigates Google’s conduct in digital ad tech sector

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether the U.S. tech giant is stifling competition in digital advertising technology. The European Commission said Tuesday that it has opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services at the expense …

EU launches new investigation of Google, this time over digital ad technology
3 years, 6 months ago

EU launches new investigation of Google, this time over digital ad technology

LA Times  

European Union regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether the U.S. tech giant is stifling competition in digital advertising technology. The European Commission said Tuesday that it had opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services at the expense of rival …

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