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Google hit with $1.5 billion fine over app store, search breaches
◆ Published
23 July 2026
◆ Topic
regulatory
◆ Geography
◆ Source
◆ Verified
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Google fined €890 million by the EU for violating the Digital Markets Act: €460 million for favouring its own services in search results, and €430 million for restricting app developers' ability to steer users to rival app stores. The Commission indicated further daily penalties are unlikely given "constructive dialogue" and progress on compliance.
◆ The Wire takeaway
If you compete with Google in shopping, hotels, flights or app distribution, the EU just forced Google to stop burying you in its results and blocking your links on Play. You have a 60-day window to capture traffic that was algorithmically locked away from you.
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◆ Topics
digital-markets-act · antitrust-enforcement · search-bias · app-store-steering · big-tech-regulation