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The EU fines Google $1.69 billion for bundling search and advertising

Google and the EU's European Commission are making all sorts of announcements lately. Fresh off the revelation that Google would implement a browser and search-engine picker in EU-sold Android devices, Google's advertising division is getting slapped with a fine next, to the tune of €1.5 billion ($1.69 billion). The European Commission's latest antitrust ruling says that Google's bundling of its advertising platform with its custom search engine program is anti-competitive toward other ad providers.

The particular wing of Google's advertising empire the Commission is concerned with here is "AdSense for Search." Adsense for Search does not refer to the famous ads above Google.com search results but, instead, are ads displayed in "Custom Search" results that can be embedded inside their websites.

Related: EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations
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Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "The EU fines Google $1.69 billion for bundling search and advertising" - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/google-fined-1-69-billion-by-the-eu-for-anti-competitive-advertising-practices/
3. "browser and search-engine picker" - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/google-will-implement-a-microsoft-style-browser-picker-for-eu-android-devices/
4. "does not" - https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/92377?hl=en
5. "EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/07/18/1424224
6. "Google Case Set to Examine if EU Data Rules Extend Globally" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/09/13/0237218
7. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=32527

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