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France Fines Google $167Mln for Anti-Competitive Practices - Regulator

PARIS (Sputnik) - France's competition regulator on Friday issued a €150 million fine ($167 million) to Google for abusing its dominance on the search advertising market.
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"Google has abused the dominating position it has on the search advertisement market by adopting unclear and hard-to-understand rules for its Google Ads advertising platform and implementing them in an unjust and arbitrary way," the Autorite de la Concurrence said in a statement.

In addition to the fine, the watchdog also ordered the company to clarify its Google Ads rules and account termination procedure.

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