The European Commission on Thursday:
The Commission found that Google gives preferential treatment to
its own services, including shopping, hotels, transport and sports
results, over those of third parties in Google Search, thereby
breaching its obligations under the DMA.Google displays its own services more prominently in search
results, including at the top of the search results page or by
using enhanced visuals and filters, while similar third-party
services do not have the same prominence.
So if you search for the score of a sporting event, it’s illegal in the EU for Google to show you the score, like this search I just tried. What the EC is saying that is because Google Search is so popular, it’s no longer allowed to improve.
What generates more for the EU, fines against US tech companies, or tax income from EU tech companies? Here’s a viral post on Twitter/X that claims it’s now fines against US tech companies. The amounts certainly seem to be in the same ballpark.
