European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favouring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a retreat from previous threats to break up the tech giant.
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The European Commission, also ordered the US tech giant to end its “self-preferencing practices”. Google said it would appeal the decision.
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