FILE PHOTO: The new Google logo is seen in this illustration taken May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google is likely to be hit with its first fine under landmark new EU tech rules in the coming months, and the European Commission is now drafting its decision, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Acting as the EU's competition enforcer, the Commission handed Google a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) fine earlier this month under older antitrust regulation for favouring its online display technology services and reinforcing its ad exchange AdX's central role to the detriment of rivals and online publishers.
