Tess Townsend covers Alphabet and Google for Recode. Before joining Recode, she covered tech and startups generally for Inc. and reported on local government for newspapers including The Day in New London, Conn., and Roswell, New Mexico’s Roswell Daily Record. She is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley.Source
The EU will stick Google with a billion euro fine over how it prioritizes Google Shopping.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.European regulators are expected to this summer for anti-competitive practices — which means Google will have to alter its business practices in Europe.The repercussions pertain to in search results, but it could have ramifications beyond the Google Shopping feature. Google already faces other outstanding antitrust cases in Europe.Google declined to comment on reports of the coming fine, but the company has previously...…The EU will stick Google with a billion euro fine over how it prioritizes Google Shopping.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.European regulators are expected to this summer for anti-competitive practices — which means Google will have to alter its business practices in Europe.The repercussions pertain to in search results, but it could have ramifications beyond the Google Shopping feature. Google already faces other outstanding antitrust cases in Europe.Google declined to comment on reports of the coming fine, but the company has previously...WW…