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The Government of India, precisely the Competition Commission of India (CCI), fined Google for 1.36 billion rupees (Rp 286 billion) for misusing its dominance.
This is due to the biased search results shown in Google search engine. One example of this is Google is directing users searching for flight tickets to Google's flight search pages.
The 1.36 billion rupee fine is equivalent to 5% of Google's annual revenue in India. Although it seems that the fine will not have much impact for the technology giant company, as quoted detikINET from the BBC, Saturday (10/2/2018).
Especially when compared to fines imposed to Google by the European Commission related to similar problems in Europe in 2017 ago. Google was subject to a penalty of 2.4 billion euros or worth Rp 40 trillion.
CCI, an antitrust commission in India, in its 190-page report found that Google has abused its dominant position, and it is harmful to both competitors and Google users.
"Google exploits its dominance in the market for general web searches online to strengthen its position in the market for online syndicate search services," the CCI said in a statement.
All of this originated from a lawsuit filed in 2012 by a search for a mate in India named Bharat Matrimony, who was accompanied by a consumer protection group.
(mag / mag)
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