Google has been hit with a $593 million fine by French regulators. Google will be able to appeal Tuesday’s fine, but it is unclear if it will choose to do so. Particularly contentious has been the company’s Google News platform which hosts snippets of news stories from publishers without paying them. Earlier this year, Google managed to reach a $76 million deal to pay a group of 121 French Newspapers. But the AFP and other French publishers who were not part of the deal expressed anger and slammed Google for being opaque.

Source: Forbes July 13, 2021 07:41 UTC