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: 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