Google 'disagrees' with EU after £2.1bn fines

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Brussels - Google has been slapped with a record £2.1billion fine for skewing search results in favour of its own shopping services in a fresh blow to the US web giant. The European Commission's decision to levy the record penalty for breaking anti-trust laws is likely to anger US President Donald Trump.  And the web giant now faces a string of legal cases from rivals claiming their businesses have been harmed by its actions. EC competition chief Margrethe Vestager said Google had 'abused its market dominance' as the world's most popular search engine. 'Google has come up with many innovative products and services that have made a difference to our lives,' she said. 'That's a good thing. But Google's strategy for its comparison shopping service wasn't just about attracting customers by making its product better than those of its rivals. 'Instead, Google abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors. (FA)

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