Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
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The Competition Commission of India said Google , a unit of the US firm Alphabet Inc , was abusing it’s dominance in online web search and online search advertising markets.

The European Union has slapped 2.4 billion euro fine on Google for manipulating its search engine results to favour its new shopping service.

A Google spokesman said the company was reviewing the “narrow concerns” identified by the Commission and will assess its next steps.

Passing the order on complaints filed in 2012 , the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said the penalty is being imposed on Google for “infringing anti-trust conduct”.

Globally , this is one of the rare cases where Google has been penalized for unfair business practices.

European regulators have in past investigated Microsoft , Intel , Apple , Google , Facebook and Amazon raising claims that Brussels is waging war against Silicon Valley , but the claim has been denied by the commission.

It was alleged that Google indulged in abuse of its dominant position in online search through practices leading to search bias and search manipulation , among others.

Naval Chopra , a partner at law firm Shardul Amarchand who represented Bharat Matrimony in the case, said he was surprised by the small amount of the fine imposed on the US tech giant.