Google hit with $1 billion fine for breaking EU antitrust rules
The fine follows a two year DMA investigation into Google.
by Jess Weatherbed and Dominic Preston
Jul 23, 2026, 6:33 AM EDT
The European Union has fined Google’s parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). One penalty is for giving its own products preferential treatment in search results, while the other is for blocking Android developers from sending users to alternate payment options.
A €460 million fine has been issued to Google for giving preferential treatment to its own Shopping, Hotels, and Flights services in Google Search results. The second €430 million penalty is for Play Store rules preventing developers from freely steering consumers to alternative mobile app systems.
The fines, imposed under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), were announced by the European Commission today, more than two years after it first opened a non-compliance investigation.
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