Google fined €2.42B for favouring its own shopping service
€2.4B
≈ $2.6B at the time
European Commission
EU · 2017
Status: Final
What happened
The European Commission found that Google abused its search dominance by systematically placing its own comparison-shopping service at the top of results while demoting rival services.
How it affected users
Users were steered toward Google's own shopping results rather than the cheapest or most relevant options, and rival comparison sites lost the visibility that let consumers find better prices.
Status timeline
Sep 10, 2024
Upheld by the EU Court of Justice, ending the appeal.
Sources
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "Google fined €2.42B for favouring its own shopping service," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2017-06-27. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-eu-shopping-2017/