Google Antitrust

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  "Very Unfair": Trump Threatens EU Tariffs Over $3.4 Billion Google Antitrust Fine

  US President Donald Trump lashed out at the European Union Friday for slapping Google with an "unfair" $3.47 billion antitrust fine, threatening retaliatory tariffs if the bloc does not repeal the measure.

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  Google Fined $3.5 Billion For Breaching European Union's Competition Rules

  European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc's competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company.

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  Google Chrome Escapes Forced Sell-Off As Court Cites Rise Of ChatGPT In Antitrust Ruling

  Google has avoided the most severe penalty in its antitrust case. A US court ruled the tech giant won't be forced to sell Chrome, its globally dominant web browser.

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  Opinion: Why Google's Antitrust Loss Feels A Lot Like A Win

  Something close to the best-case scenario emerged for Google on Tuesday when a federal judge outlined its punishments for running an illegal search monopoly.

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  Google Must Share Search Data With Rivals, Judge Rules in Antitrust Case

  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the U.S. government's request to break up the company.

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  AI Startup Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Offer To Buy Google Chrome

  Perplexity AI offered Google on Tuesday $34.5 billion for its popular Chrome web browser, which the internet giant could potentially be forced to sell as part of antitrust proceedings.

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  Musk Says xAI to Take Legal Action Against Apple Over App Store Rankings

  Elon Musk accused the Apple of breaching antitrust regulations in managing the App Store rankings and said that his artificial intelligence startup xAI would take legal action against the iPhone maker.

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  Google Loses US Appeal Over App Store Reforms in Epic Games Case

  The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous ruling, rejected claims from Google that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited "Fortnite" maker Epic Games, which filed the lawsuit in 2020.

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  Google's AI Overviews Hit by EU Antitrust Complaint From Independent Publishers

  Google's AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries that appear above traditional hyperlinks to relevant webpages and are shown to users in more than 100 countries. It began adding advertisements to AI Overviews last May.

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  Google Makes New Proposal to Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine, Document Shows

  Google has been under pressure after being hit in March with European Union antitrust charges of unfairly favouring its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over competitors.

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  Google Offers to Tweak Search Results to Promote Rivals, Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine

  Google is looking to tweak its search results to better highlight rival services, aiming to avoid a hefty EU antitrust fine. This move follows charges from the European Commission accusing the tech giant of violating the Digital Markets Act by prioritising its own services like Google Shopping, Hotels, and Flights on its Search browser.

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  Google Suffers Setback in Fight Over EU’s EUR 4.1 Billion Fine

  Google’s fight against a record EUR 4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine has suffered a blow. Advocate General Juliane Kokott of the EU’s Court of Justice said in a non-binding opinion that Google’s appeal should fail because the legal arguments put forward by the US tech giant fell short.

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  Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review

  The Justice Department's antitrust officials are examining whether Google's proposed $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,75,441 crore) purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz could unlawfully restrict market competition. The review, which is in its early stages, could last months more. It will ultimately determine whether US officials let the deal proceed. 

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  Google to Spend $500 Million Revamping Compliance in Shareholder Settlement

  Google plans to invest $500 million (roughly Rs. 4,273 crore) over a decade to improve its compliance system, resolving shareholder lawsuits over antitrust claims. Google denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle.

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  Google Says It Will Appeal Online Search Antitrust Decision

  Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition. Antitrust enforcers are concerned about how Google's search monopoly gives it an advantage in AI products like Gemini and vice versa.