Europe Accuses Google of Monopoly Abuse

Posted by timothy on Friday December 2, 2011 @10:49PM from the funny-there's-sort-of-a-government-monopoly dept.

bonch writes "European antitrust regulators are set to issue a 400-page statement of objections accusing Google of 'abuse of dominance' next month, the result of an investigation launched last year after complaints from rivals that Google manipulated ad pricing and barred advertisers from running ads on rival sites. If found guilty, Google could be fined up to 10% of its annual turnover, which is about $3 billion. Microsoft avoided a similar fine when it settled its European antitrust case and included a 'browser ballot' in Windows."

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What, ran out of Microsoft money? by Altanar · 2011-12-03 00:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Hey, EU. You're doing something wrong if you face huge budget shortfalls if you don't get your annual big business fine every year. Fining prosperous companies should not be a major source of income for ANY government.