Google fined £3.8bn by EU over “serious illegal behaviour” in Android antitrust violations

18 Jul 2018 · Jeremy Leggett

This is a guest post by Jeremy Leggett. Views are the author's own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of MyGridGB or Dr Andrew Crossland.

Margrethe Vestager, EU competition commissioner, says: Google used the Android mobile phone operating system “to cement its dominance as a search engine”, preventing rivals from innovating and competing “and this is illegal under EU antitrust rules”.

Google will appeal.

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