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Google fined for ‘search bias’ in India

Google fined for ‘search bias’ in India

11 months ago

Google fined for ‘search bias’ in India

11 months ago


Google abused its position as the dominant search engine in India to create a search bias in favour of its own services and those of its partners, the country’s antitrust watchdog has said.

The Competition Commission of India said in a statement that it was imposing a fine of 1.36 billion rupees (£15 million) on Google along with a warning to desist from unfair practices.

The regulator has been investigating Google since 2012, when a website called Matrimony.com and the Consumer Unity & Trust Society complained about Google’s practices.

According to the complaints, Google manipulated search results to promote its own and partner services.


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