The ruling brings to nearly $10 billion the fines imposed against Google by the European Union. The EU ruling applies to a narrow portion of Google's ad business: when Google sells ads next to Google search results on third-party websites. The EU has led the way in promoting tougher regulation of big tech companies. Last year, Vestager fined Google a record 4.34 billion euros ($5 billion at the time) for forcing cellphone makers using the company's Android operating system to install Google search and browser apps. In 2017, she penalized Google 2.42 billion euros ($2.7 billion) for manipulating online shopping search results and directing visitors to its comparison-shopping service, Google Shopping, at the expense of its rivals.

Source: ABC News March 20, 2019 11:18 UTC