Google to Face a Record $3.4 Billion AntiTrust Fine in Europe
Listers, Would love to hear out on how this will shape the landscape going forward... But this is some amazing development, especially when it relates to a force that dominates the World Wide Web. *Google faces a record anti-trust penalty of about 3 BILLION Euros (US$3.4 Billion) from the European Commission in the coming days, according to reports.* *After 7-years of the investigation, the European Commission filed anti-trust charges against Google last year for violating antitrust laws.The European Union accused the search engine giant that it had abused its dominance in search by unfairly prioritize and displaying its own comparison shopping service at the top of its search results at the expense of rival products.* More reading: http://thehackernews.com/2016/05/google-europe-antitrust.html -- *Ahmed Maawy* Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO) Ambassador - Open Knowledge Director - Startup Grind Mombasa Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer (KE) +254 714 960 627 Skype: ultimateprogramer swahilibox.co.ke www.okfn.org <http://okfn.org/> startupgrind.com ajplus.net www.everylayer.com
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