EU's General Court upholds a €2.42B fine against Google, levied in 2017, for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service
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Discussion
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@lewis_crofts
Lewis Crofts
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I've slept on it. Here's a ‘tepid-take’ (HT @DrMJCole) on Google ruling. - politically: huge for @vestager - practically: won't change much becoz #DMA is new kid in town, - legally: EU judges' stance on ‘essential facility’ will cause controversy & perhaps an appeal /thread
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@lewis_crofts
Lewis Crofts
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Losing this case would have been a horror for the entire policy drive, for cases against @Apple @amazon @Meta & for @vestager reputation. As it is, EC goes into all that strengthened. Court also said Google's “abnormal” conduct can't be explained away as the right to innovate/3
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@lewis_crofts
Lewis Crofts
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Google wasn't rolling out new innovations; it was shafting rivals, the court ruled. That helps EC argue it is on the side of innovation, not against it. 2nd, practically: Google has remedy in place & EC is showing little appetite to revisit it. But many want that to happen! /4
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@lewis_crofts
Lewis Crofts
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1st, politically: Court approval for @EU_Competition mantra of ‘self-preferencing’ is huge; this concept underpins the last decade of action & rhetoric from Brussels, and now the whole world. Court blessing for that will be read as: 'keep going, you're on the right track.' /2
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@berlaymonster
@berlaymonster
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This just in from Google HQ: “FINE. TRY USING BING. THEN YOU'LL BE SORRY” https://twitter.com/...
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@tom___scott
Tom Scott
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Big news. EU laws have real teeth to stop internet giants abusing their power. UK law needs to have them too. https://twitter.com/...
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@gchampeau
Guillaume Champeau
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Excellent news and congratulations @vestager and the Commission for this important decision! It's a key victory against abuses of dominant positions. Too bad it's a win celebrated on the graveyard of the victims of Google's practices, but it confirms we need interim measures! htt…
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@protonmail
@protonmail
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The EU is holding anti-competitive behavior accountable and we're here for it 👏 https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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Wow a major victory for European antitrust enforcers if this were 2009. https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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Again, taking the enforcement action to final court decision is a really big deal. Market should recognize it has ramifications for all self-preferencing by Google's search monopoly. And the timeline and market harms prove out why DMA is so critical. https://www.politico.eu/...
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@rustybrick
Barry Schwartz
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Well this is big but not surprising. https://twitter.com/...