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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @05:31AM (7 children)
These things always seem very hypocritical to me; the so-called "government" itself is an organization predicated on abusing its dominance.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @05:47AM (2 children)
Don't worry! Trump gonna fine India for all them hindu-chimps whose been domineering the position of H1B visa and then our American nerdy boys can get their jerbs back! Make computers great again!
.... said every graybeard tech dinosaur who voted Republican.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @05:59AM (1 child)
Is it because you've constructed your very identity around some organization that calls itself "government"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @06:16AM
Boo-bloody-hoo, cry me a river.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Friday February 09 2018, @06:08AM (2 children)
Theoretically:
- the courts - if you win a suit against the govt - it happens.
- the Parliament - e.g. by not approving the budgets or by cutting from it
- the voters - this is closer to symbolic in nature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday February 09 2018, @06:44AM (1 child)
... unless there is a law that specifically says you can sue them.
Before you can even file such a lawsuit one needs to file a claim, that will be settled purely with money. If the gummint pays the claim then there will be no opportunity for deposition, discovery, sworn testimony or setting precedent.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Friday February 09 2018, @07:32AM
Federal Tort Claims Act
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Vivendi-Argentina water dispute
Vattenfall Europe Generation AG v. Federal Republic of Germany
Eli Lilly and Company v. The Government of Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @06:25AM
Yes, God forbid that the majority of the people, with protections for the rights of the minority, should have dominance over . . . Who are you suggesting, you unscruopulous AC, that they do not have dominance over? Surely not the Fucking Brits! The Indians spent much blood and treasure and Gandhi to get them to leave. Corporations? Like Union Carbide? Once again, in India, you will lose, oh pernicious AC! So who else? The Brahmins? Are you a fucking caste nationalist Hindu, oh AC who I would have clean my toilets? Oh, you must be and American, which means you are very ignorant, and a libertarian, which means you are even more ignorant. So here is a tip, why don't you go into the Wild, maybe of Alaska, but Colorado or even New Jersey would suffice, and survive on your own with out a government, for, oh, three month. Remember, we are not going to come in an medivac your ass when you eat the wrong wild food, like the "Into the Wild" dude. So guess what, AC? We are going to abuse you, in the ass, while we have you here and you are helpless to prevent it. Hypocritical? Really? Bend over, you biatch!