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posted by janrinok on Friday February 09 2018, @04:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the play-fair dept.

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."

https://in.reuters.com/article/india-google-antitrust/competition-commission-of-india-fines-google-for-abusing-dominant-position-idINKBN1FS29Z

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?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @06:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @06:25AM (#635414)

    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!