All news with #european commission tag

EU Fines Google €2.95B for Anti-Competitive Adtech

⚖️The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion ($3.5 billion) for abusing its dominance in the digital advertising technology market and favoring its adtech services over competitors. The regulator ordered Google to stop anti-competitive "self-preferencing" practices and to take measures to mitigate conflicts of interest in adtech. Google said the decision is wrong and plans to appeal, warning the changes could harm thousands of European businesses. Separately, France's CNIL fined Google €325 million for placing ads in Gmail without proper consent and violating cookie rules.