GOOGLE HIT WITH $1 BILLION FINE FOR BREAKING EU ANTITRUST RULES
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The European Union has fined Google's parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA). One penalty is for giving its own products preferential treatment in search results, while the other is for blocking Android developers from sending users to alternate payment options.
According to The Verge, The European Union has fined Google's parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The available RSS description adds: One penalty is for giving its own products preferential treatment in search results, while the other is for blocking Android developers from sending users to alternate payment options.
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- The Verge: The European Union has fined Google's parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- The Verge: One penalty is for giving its own products preferential treatment in search results, while the other is for blocking Android developers from sending users to alternate payment options.
- The Verge: A €460 million fine has been issued to Google for giving preferential treatment to its own Shopping, Hotels, and Flights services in Google Search results.
- The Verge: The second €430 million penalty is for Play Store rules preventing developers from freely steering consumers to alternative payment systems that … Read the full story at The Verge.
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- 23/07/2026, 11:33 PRIMARY FEED GOOGLE HIT WITH $1 BILLION FINE FOR BREAKING EU ANTITRUST RULES (The Verge • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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