Google rolls out shopping tweaks in bid to dodge EU fines


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 28 Sep 2017

An Indian visitor talks on his mobile phone outside the Google stall at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on September 27, 2017. The theme of IMC 2017 is 'Connecting the Next Billion' where panels and discussion forums are addressing several topics involving technology, business, policy and digital life. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash SINGH

Google is rolling out changes to how it shows shopping search results across Europe in a bid to avoid further fines from a seven-year antitrust probe. 

Slapped with a record-breaking €2.4bil (RM11.91bil) penalty in June, Google was also ordered by the European Commission to stop its illegal conduct and offer equal treatment to rival price-comparison sites by a Sept 28 deadline. It risks daily fines of up to 5% of its global daily revenue if it fails to comply. 

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