Google fined $1.7 billion over a third breach of EU antitrust rules in as many years
Mar 20, 2019, 16:38 IST
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Google has been punished with a third fine by the European Union in as many years.
The Alphabet-owned company was fined $1.7 billion on Wednesday by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager over anticompetitive practices related to its AdSense advertising service.
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The penalty follows its record $5 billion fine in July last year for abusing the dominance of Android. The search giant was also fined $2.7 billion in September 2017 over its shopping service.
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