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Google hit with $1 billion fine for breaking EU antitrust rules
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Google is required to change its policies for both Search and the Play Store.
Key facts
- The European Union has fined Google’s parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA)
- Google was previously hit with a €2.42 billion fine in 2017 for a similar breach of the EU’s antitrust rules, after it was charged with giving its comparison shopping service an illegal advantage
- A €460 million fine has been issued to Google for giving preferential treatment to its own Shopping, Hotels, and Flights services in Google Search results
- As part of the ruling, Google has been given 60 days to make changes to its policies, or face further periodic penalty payments
Summary
The European Union has fined Google’s parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). A €460 million fine has been issued to Google for giving preferential treatment to its own Shopping, Hotels, and Flights services in Google Search results. As part of the ruling, Google has been given 60 days to make changes to its policies, or face further periodic penalty payments. The fines were announced by the European Commission today, more than two years after it first opened a non-compliance investigation, and follow a preliminary ruling in March 2025.