Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
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Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#2The EU feels to me like one of the few forces for good in the world at the moment
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#3The EU feels to me like one of the few forces for good in the world at the moment
absolutely
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#4Did Google ever pay one of these fines?
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#5Is there an other article with some background / explanation what Google did in this case? That they were "blocking others" doesn't tell me much.
Edit: The linked article is now updated, at the time it was basically just a paragraph stating the fine.
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#6Did Google ever pay one of these fines?
Why do you assume they didn't?
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#7The EU feels to me like one of the few forces for good in the world at the moment
Let's not pretend it's not a mixed bag, e.g.: 'European multinationals are aggressively pursuing one of milk’s few growth markets, where locals say they can’t compete.'
https://www.politico.eu/article/eus-milk-scramble-for-africa...
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#8"We love competition; here's what we're doing to show you how much we love it!" - Google hours before being fined in anti-trust case.
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#9Google needs to be broken up. If Microsoft could be broken up, Google deserves it 100x.
They control way too much.
Re: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
#10Then look at GDPR, which is a mess imho, and article 13 too