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- Written by Patrick Burkholder Category: Cyber Law
Google Hit for $5 Billion By European Commission
European antitrust regulators have fined Google a record breaking €4.34 billion for abusing the Android mobile operating system’s dominance. This fine comes from the fact that Google has imposed three types of restrictions on Android device manufacturers and network operators to ensure that traffic on Android devices goes to the Google search engine. These practises deny rivals the chance to innovate and compete. European consumers are thusly denied the benefits of effective competition in the mobile sphere. Under EU antitrust rules, this is illegal.
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