Google fined another US$1.7 billion for ad blocks by EU

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Third large EU antitrust penalty for Alphabet in only two years.

Google fined another US$1.7 billion for ad blocks by EU
Google was fined €1.49 billion ($US1.7 billion) on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, the third large European Union antitrust penalty for the Alphabet business in only two years. The European Commission, which said the fine accounted for 1.29 percent of Google's ...

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