So it appears, "India's antitrust watchdog on Thursday imposed a 1.36 billion rupees ($21.17 million) fine on Google for "search bias" and abuse of its dominant position, in the latest regulatory setback for the world's most popular internet search engine."
In India, the Commission found, that Google through its search design had placed its commercial flight search function at a prominent position on the search results page to the disadvantage of businesses trying to gain market access.
The penalty... translates to 5 per cent of the company's average total revenue generated from India operations.
Some details of the "search bias" at https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/competition-commission-of-india-fines-google-for-rs-135-86-crores-for-search-bias/articleshow/62839148.cms
More coverage:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/cci-issues-order-against-google-for-search-bias/articleshow/62838992.cms
http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/big-setback-for-google-whopping-rs-135-crore-fine-slapped-by-competition-commission-of-india-here-is-why/1058516/
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/indias-anti-trust-regulator-fines-google-for-search-bias/
Who trusts Google (an advertisement company) to give the correct, on-time flight details anyway?
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday February 09 2018, @05:24AM (2 children)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/266206/googles-annual-global-revenue/ [statista.com]
So: India fined Google 0.02% of last year's revenue.
Wonder if one the staff has delegation to just write a cheque?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday February 09 2018, @06:18AM (1 child)
May happen they accidentally pay the fine on a Citi Corporate Card, mistaking the fine as a parking ticket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday February 09 2018, @07:08AM
Add a zero, find you've accidentally bought a city.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex