Google Fined $1.7 Billion for Violating EU Antitrust Laws

By Christine Zosche 

The European Commission’s top competition regulators Wednesday morning fined Google nearly $1.7 billion, saying that Google abused its position in the market when third-party websites used its AdSense for Search product. (Adweek)

Wednesday’s fine is the third and latest charge the Commission has brought against the Silicon Valley giant. (THR)

The Alphabet unit has now been hit with nearly $9.4 billion in fines by the E.U. antitrust regulator within the past two years. (Variety)

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The commission found that Google and its parent company, Alphabet, breached EU antitrust rules by imposing restrictive clauses in contracts with websites that used AdSense, preventing Google rivals from placing their ads on these sites. (HuffPost / AP)

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