The EU’s anti-trust regulator is to slap tech giant Google with a new fine over unfair competition practices, sources told AFP on March 15. Brussels has targeted the Silicon Valley firm’s AdSense advertising service, saying it restricts some client websites from displaying ads from third parties.
The decision in the long-running case, first reported by the Financial Times, is the latest anti-trust salvo against Google, which has already received nearly seven billion euros in EU fines.
Two sources close to the matter said the verdict would land next week, most likely on Wednesday.
“We are in the process of finalising the AdSense case,” EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said earlier this week…