Brussels said tech giant abused dominance by manipulating search results to favour its own comparison shopping serviceGoogle is appealing against the record €2.4bn (£2.2bn) fine imposed by the European Union for its abuse of its dominance of the search engine market in building its shopping comparison service. The world’s most popular internet search engine has launched its appeal after it was fined by the European commission for what was described as an “old school” form of illegality. The Luxembourg-based general court, Europe’s second-highest, is expected to take several years before ruling on Google’s appeal, which had been widely expected. The commission, which ordered Google to stop the practice by 28 September, is reviewing the company’s proposal on how it would comply with the EU decision. The EU is currently also investigating whether Google tried to squeeze out its rivals in online search advertising and through its Android mobile operating system.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2017 16:28 UTC