EU fines Google $5bn
- Autor:Ella Cai
- Zwolnij na:2018-07-19
The EU has fined Google $5 billion for antitrust violations related to Android.
The EC says that Google used Android to boost its market share in search by insisting that phone manufacturers who used Android pre-installed Google Search.
“Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine,” says Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager.
Vestager has already fined Google $2.8 billion for favouring its own shopping service in Google searches.
Vestager is also pursuing a third complaint against Google relating AdSense, its ad-placing service.
The new fine is by far the biggest imposed by the EU.
The EC says that Google used Android to boost its market share in search by insisting that phone manufacturers who used Android pre-installed Google Search.
“Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine,” says Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager.
Vestager has already fined Google $2.8 billion for favouring its own shopping service in Google searches.
Vestager is also pursuing a third complaint against Google relating AdSense, its ad-placing service.
The new fine is by far the biggest imposed by the EU.
