"The European Commission said in December it had opened an antitrust probe into whether 's Google was breaching EU competition rules in its use of online content from web publishers and YouTube for artificial intelligence purposes. The Commission hit Google with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.46 billion) antitrust fine on September 5 for anti-competitive practices in its adtech business. In September 2024, Google won its challenge against a 1.49-billion-euro antitrust fine imposed for hindering rivals in online search advertising. A week earlier, Google lost its fight against a 2.42-billion-euro fine by EU antitrust regulators years before for using its own price comparison shopping service to gain an unfair advantage over smaller European rivals."
"Britain's antitrust regulator in September 2024 provisionally found Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition. A month earlier, it started probes into Alphabet and 's collaboration with AI startup Anthropic. France's competition watchdog said in March 2024 it had fined Google 250 million euros for breaches linked to EU intellectual property rules in its relationship with media publishers."
"Germany's cartel office has prohibited Amazon from imposing price caps on online retailers in its German marketplace and for the first time claimed several million euros that it said the U.S. company had obtained through anti-competitive behaviour. The European Union's General Court dismissed in November a request by Amazon to scrap its designation as a platform subject to stricter requirements under EU online content rules."
European regulators have opened multiple antitrust probes and issued substantial fines against major technology companies. The European Commission opened a probe into whether Google's use of online content from web publishers and YouTube for artificial intelligence breaches EU competition rules. Regulators imposed fines on Google including 2.95 billion euros for adtech anti-competitive practices, 2.42 billion euros for favoring its shopping service, and 250 million euros from France for intellectual property breaches. Britain's regulator provisionally found abuse in digital advertising and launched probes into Alphabet's collaboration with Anthropic. Germany barred Amazon from imposing price caps and sought millions in claimed ill-gotten gains, while the EU General Court kept Amazon's stricter platform designation. Italy fined Apple and two divisions 98.6 million euros for alleged mobile app market dominance abuses.
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