The European Union has taken strict action against the technology giant Google for violating the Digital Market Act. Which is said to be the biggest and drastic step so far. The European Commission has fined Google 890 million euros, i.e. one billion dollars, i.e. more than 8300 crores, for violating the rules of the Digital Market Act. Google has been accused of harming the business of other competitors by unfairly prioritizing shopping, travel and hotel services in search results. The Commission set fines of 570 million euros for Google's biased search policies and 430 million euros for unreasonable restrictions on the Google Play Store. According to the European Commission's findings, Google was abusing its search engine by placing its own shopping, hotel, transportation and sports services at the top of search results compared to third-party services. In addition, according to the Digital Market Act, developers offering apps on the Play Store should have full freedom to communicate freely with their customers and offer cheaper alternatives outside the Play Store, but Google imposed contractual restrictions on app developers to prevent customers from switching to other platforms, which can be said to be a direct violation of the Act.
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