EU fines Google $1 billion over antitrust violations

The European Union on Thursday fined Google $1 billion, concluding the tech giant violated the bloc’s antitrust rules by favoring its own services in search results and imposing unlawful restrictions through its Android app store.

The penalties were issued under the European Union’s three-year-old Digital Markets Act, or DMA, which is designed to prevent the largest technology platforms from using their dominant positions to lock in users and disadvantage competitors.