It imposes an unjustified fine and requires changes that will hurt thousands of European businesses by making it harder for them to make money," said Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google's global head of regulatory affairs, when the fine was imposed.
"Australia's ANZ, one of the country's \"big four\" banks, has agreed to pay a record fine of $240 million Australian dollars ($159.5 million) over \"widespread misconduct\", the financial regulator said Monday. The fine is the largest ever announced by the regulator against a single entity, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said. ANZ was fined for \"acting unconscionably\" while managing a $14-billion bond deal with the Australian government."
The European Union has imposed a penalty of 2.95 billion euros ($3.45bn) on Google for favouring its own advertising services, marking the fourth time the tech giant has been fined in its decade-long fight with the bloc's competition regulators. The European Commission accused Google of distorting competition in the 27-nation bloc after investigating a complaint from the European Publishers Council, moving to rein in the tech firm despite threats of retaliation from United States President Donald Trump.