Google Faces $2.7 Billion Fine From EU Over Skewed Search Results

Accused of giving preferential treatment to its own shopping site

According to the European Commission, Google has been steering users in the EU toward its own shopping platform rather than giving them an equal choice between its competitors.

“What Google has done is illegal under EU antitrust rules,” said Margrethe Vestager, a top antitrust official with EU regulators. “It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate. And most importantly, it denied European consumers a genuine choice of services and the full benefits of innovation.”

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