Google is to pay an all-time record fine of $ 4.2 billion...
Google is to pay an all-time record fine of $ 4.2 billion...
The monopoly of big tech companies like google and facebook is going to end. These companies are facing legal challenges in every continent of the world for their alleged discriminatory policies. From India, and America to the world's largest union, the european union (EU) has also tightened the legal noose on google and Facebook.
Google's parent company Alphabet was dealt a blow by the EU four days ago i.e. on wednesday when Europe's second-highest court upheld the antitrust fine imposed on google by the EU. Now google will have to pay an all-time record fine of $ 4.2 billion (about 32,000 crore indian rupees).
This fine has been imposed on google for imposing a strategic ban on Android phone makers from using their own search engine. It is claimed that only google benefits from this ban, which creates its monopoly in the market.
Earlier, Korea had given a blow
Just before the european decision, google also suffered a setback in South Korea, where officials jointly paid $ 71 million (about Rs 5,680 crore) on Alphabet and Facebook's parent company Meta.
This fine was imposed on both companies for allegedly violating the privacy of the users. It was revealed in the investigation that google collects and studies the data of users. Along with tracking the website usage of the users, google also deposits it with itself.
America may soon bring a law
In the US, in recent times, a lot of steps have been taken in the direction of reconciling Google's monopoly. A group of 13 influential companies in the US has urged parliament to approve a proposed bill that could curtail the powers of google and other tech giants if it becomes law.
Apart from this, the US Department of Justice has complained to a federal judge about Google's monopolistic behaviour. If this issue goes to trial and google is found guilty then it may lose its huge income. The complaint comes after revelations that allegedly paid billions of dollars to Samsung, apple and other telcos to maintain Google's dominance of its search engine.