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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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Russian Court Fines Apple For Violating "LGBT Propaganda" Law
A Russian court has fined US tech giant Apple 7.5 million roubles ($93,500) for three separate breaches of Russian rules on what Moscow calls LGBT propaganda, the Moscow courts' press office said on Monday.
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Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years
India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday.
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Australia PM Hits Back At Elon Musk After His "Fascists" Quip
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hit back at Elon Musk on Saturday after the tech mogul called his government "fascists" for proposing laws that would fine social media giants for spreading misinformation.
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Microsoft To Separate Teams And Office To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Dominance, Data, Disinformation: Europe's Fight With Big Tech Giants
Irish regulators on Friday handed out a 345-million-euro fine to TikTok over data breaches, part of a battle between the European Union and big tech firms on issues from tax avoidance and hate speech to data privacy and monopolistic practices.
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Apple, Meta, Other Tech Giants Brace for Rollout of EU’s Digital Services Act
More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
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Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australia Plans To Fine Tech Giants Upon Failure To Tackle Disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Quiz Microsoft’s Rivals on Request for Customer Data
EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's rivals what kind of customer data they are required to provide to the US tech giant as part of their Azure cloud contracts, six months after a trade group complained about its cloud computing practices. The European Commission asked recipients for a list of contractual clauses requiring these companies...
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Apple Under Italian Antitrust Watchdog's Scanner Over Alleged Abuse of App Market Dominance
The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing "a more restrictive privacy policy" than it applies to itself.
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Google India Fined Rs 1,337 Crore For Unfair Practices: 10 Facts
Google has been ordered by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to pay a fine of Rs 1337.76 crore within 30 days. The penalty was imposed on the tech giant for indulging in unfair trade practices.
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Apple Pays $12.1 Million Fine For Alleged App Market Abuse In Russia
US tech giant Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 million) fine in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance in the mobile apps market, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said on its Telegram channel today.
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Android Dominance: Supreme Court Rejects Google's Request Against Rs 1,337 Crore Penalty
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the plea of US tech giant Google against an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refusing an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it.
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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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Russian Court Fines Apple For Violating "LGBT Propaganda" Law
A Russian court has fined US tech giant Apple 7.5 million roubles ($93,500) for three separate breaches of Russian rules on what Moscow calls LGBT propaganda, the Moscow courts' press office said on Monday.
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Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years
India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday.
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Australia PM Hits Back At Elon Musk After His "Fascists" Quip
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hit back at Elon Musk on Saturday after the tech mogul called his government "fascists" for proposing laws that would fine social media giants for spreading misinformation.
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Microsoft To Separate Teams And Office To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Dominance, Data, Disinformation: Europe's Fight With Big Tech Giants
Irish regulators on Friday handed out a 345-million-euro fine to TikTok over data breaches, part of a battle between the European Union and big tech firms on issues from tax avoidance and hate speech to data privacy and monopolistic practices.
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Apple, Meta, Other Tech Giants Brace for Rollout of EU’s Digital Services Act
More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
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Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australia Plans To Fine Tech Giants Upon Failure To Tackle Disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Quiz Microsoft’s Rivals on Request for Customer Data
EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's rivals what kind of customer data they are required to provide to the US tech giant as part of their Azure cloud contracts, six months after a trade group complained about its cloud computing practices. The European Commission asked recipients for a list of contractual clauses requiring these companies...
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Apple Under Italian Antitrust Watchdog's Scanner Over Alleged Abuse of App Market Dominance
The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing "a more restrictive privacy policy" than it applies to itself.
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Google India Fined Rs 1,337 Crore For Unfair Practices: 10 Facts
Google has been ordered by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to pay a fine of Rs 1337.76 crore within 30 days. The penalty was imposed on the tech giant for indulging in unfair trade practices.
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Apple Pays $12.1 Million Fine For Alleged App Market Abuse In Russia
US tech giant Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 million) fine in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance in the mobile apps market, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said on its Telegram channel today.
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Android Dominance: Supreme Court Rejects Google's Request Against Rs 1,337 Crore Penalty
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the plea of US tech giant Google against an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refusing an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it.
