Google hit with record £2.1bn EU fine for abusing internet search monopoly

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Google hit with record £2.1bn EU fine for abusing internet search monopoly
 

    James Titcomb, Technology Editor

27 June 2017 • 12:06pm

The European Union has fined Google €2.42bn (£2.14bn) after a seven-year investigation into claims the technology giant abused its internet search monopoly.

The penalty is the biggest ever competition fine from the European Commission, doubling the previous record handed to Intel in 2009.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/27/eu-hits-google-record-21bn-fine-abusing-internet-search-monopoly/