Google has just been fined by the European Commission but this is not the first time the tech company has landed in hot water
Europe does not seem to be a big fan of Google.
The alleged misconduct included stopping publishers from placing any search adverts from competitors on their search results pages, forcing them to reserve the most profitable space on these pages for Google’s adverts and a requirement to seek written approval from Google before making changes to how rival adverts were displayed.
The Commission also found that Google’s measures on political ads were not specific enough and the company did not clarify the extent to which action was taken to address fake news. It did not provide concrete evidence to show that it had carried out its policies in January, the Commission said. The privacy issue affects some two billion users of devices that run Google’s Android operating software and hundreds of millions of worldwide iPhone users who rely on Google for maps or search.
The protests, which drew Google contract workers as well as employees, followed a New York Times report that Google in 2014 gave a $90 million exit package to former senior vice president Andy Rubin after he was accused of sexual harassment.
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