By Rebecca Stewart

Google may soon have to shell out €3bn to the European Commission for “abusing” its monopoly on the market by promoting its own shopping service at the expense of rivals.

The EU believes Google’s search results have been manipulated to return shopping results that favour itself and harm competitors, and officials in Brussels are apparently set to wrap up a seven-year investigation into the company’s search practices next month before issuing the levy.

The Telegraph reports that the €3bn figure would be the highest fine ever handed out by the Commission, surpassing the toughest anti-trust punishment to date – Read full story ›

Source: The Drum