US EditionEU Fines Google €2.95bn for 'Illegal' Adtech Actions
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The EU Commission is not yet forcing Google to sell parts of its advertising business. Although the Group has to pay a fine of 2,95 billion euros. However, whether there is a split is open. Only it can permanently end Google's conflicts of interest and its abuse of power. Decommissioning would be a solution (symbol image) – All rights reserved IMAGO / NurPhotoOn Friday, the EU Commission announced that Google has abused its market power in onlin…
EU fines Google €2.95 billion over adtech competition breach
The European Commission has imposed a fine of €2.95 billion on Google for violating EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology sector. The penalty was determined under the Commission’s 2006 guidelines on fines. According to the Commission, Google abused its dominant position in the markets for publisher ad servers and programmatic ad buying tools by favouring its own ad exchange, AdX, to the disadvantage of rival …
Commission fines Google €2.95 billion over abusive practices in online advertising technology
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry (‘adtech’). It did so by favouring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of competing providers of advertising technology services, advertisers and online publishers. …
Europe’s €2.95 Billion Fine on Google tests the credibility of Europe’s competition policy in the digital age – The Middle East Observer
The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominance in online advertising technology, marking the fourth time Brussels has sanctioned the company since 2017. The decision intensifies long-running tensions with Washington and raises the prospect that Europe could move beyond fines toward forcing structural changes in Big Tech. The Commission’s investigation concluded […]
On September 5, 2025, the European Commission imposed a fine of €2.95 billion on the US company Alphabet and its subsidiary Google. This is the second-highest antitrust fine in the history of the European Union. Only a 2018 fine of €4.34 billion, which also targeted Google, was higher […] Source
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