PARIS: Google is being fined 220 million euros ($268 million) by France's antitrust watchdog for abusing its "dominant" position in online advertising. Google France's legal director, Maria Gomri, said in a blog post on Monday that Google has been collaborating for the past two years with the French watchdog on issues related to ad technology, notably the platform known as Google Ad Manager. Germany became the latest country to launch an investigation of Google, using stepped up powers to scrutinize digital giants. The German competition watchdog said on Friday it was examining whether contracts for news publishers using Google's News Showcase, a licensing platform launched last fall, include "unreasonable conditions." They are informally investigating Google's data practices for advertising purposes.

Source: Manila Times June 08, 2021 15:00 UTC