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2019
French authority fines Google over Google Ads rules
Fine or penalty
A French authority fined Google $167 million after finding that Google abused its dominant position in search by setting opaque and difficult-to-understand operating rules for its Google Ads platform. Google was also ordered to clarify the rules and its account-suspension procedure.
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Google was also ordered to clarify the rules for Google Ads and its procedure for suspending accounts.
Google fined $167 million in France amid crackdown on online advertising
The French authority found Google abused its dominant position in search when it set "opaque and difficult to understand operating rules" for its Google Ads advertising platform