Google hit with $3.5 billion fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust case

LONDON — European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro (US$3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favouring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, also ordered the U.S. [...]