EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search
The Commission said Google self-preferenced its own services and blocked app developers from steering users to cheaper offers, and ordered compliance within 60 days.
- On Thursday, the European Union fined Google €890 million for violating the Digital Markets Act, citing anticompetitive practices in search results and Play Store restrictions that favored the company's own services over rivals.
- Following a two-year investigation, the European Commission designated Google as a 'gatekeeper' in September 2023 to regulate digital market competition. The penalty concludes the probe and aims to prevent the company from self-preferencing its own services over third-party rivals.
- Breaking down the €890 million total, the Commission levied €460 million for 'search abuses' and €430 million for Play Store breaches. Google President of Global Affairs Kent Walker criticized the decision, saying "Regulation should improve products, not make them worse."
- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer denounced the penalties as "unreasonable financial penalties," warning they "pose a real risk to the continuation of transatlantic stability with respect to trade." Greer insisted "a real dialogue can only take place during a ceasefire."
- The fine jeopardizes the 15% tariff cap established in the 2025 Turnberry Agreement as 25 Republican lawmakers urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to launch trade investigations against the EU's "discriminatory" digital rules, risking escalation.
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EU strikes Google with $1 billion fine in major crackdown on antitrust regulations even as Trump threatens retaliation
Despite warnings from US President Trump about penalties on American tech companies, the European Union issued a $1 billion fine on the tech giant over its Google Play search.
The Twenty-Seven imposed on Google on Thursday a total of 890 million euros of fines, for infringements of competition in online research and in the Google Play app store. Furious, the US president threatened Friday to impose new customs duties on the European Union.
Trump vows Europe will pay 'big price' in unhinged threat: 'America is not a piggybank!'
President Donald Trump vowed vengeance on Europe Friday. Trump, set off by news the American technology company Google had been fined more than $1 billion by the European Commission, promised to open an investigation into the European Union in a lengthy 200-plus-word rant.“The United States of America is not a ‘PIGGYBANK’ for Europe, nor will we allow it to be! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Inve…
The EU imposes 890 million penalty against Google, US President Trump is raging. How violently does this hit the company? BILD has calculated.
Flere amerikanske virksomheder har fået bøder fra EU, og det vil EU betale en høj pris for, siger Trump
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Several American companies have been fined by the EU, and the EU will pay a high price for this, says Trump.
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