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MOSCOW, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) a total of 10.5 million roubles ($142,877) for violating Russian rules on banned content, the penalty coming amid a wider stand-off between Russia and Big Tech companies. Russia has routinely fined social media giants for failing to remove prohibited content and is seeking to compel foreign technology companies to open offices in the country. read more Moscow’s Tagansky District Court said Google had… Source link

MOSCOW, July 29 (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday fined Google 3 million roubles ($41,017) for violating personal data legislation, Google’s first fine for that offence, Moscow’s Tagansky District Court said. Google confirmed the fine and offered no further comment. The penalty comes amid a wider standoff between Russia and Big Tech, with Moscow routinely fining social media giants for failing to remove banned content and seeking to compel foreign tech firms to open offices in Russia. read more

PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) – France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders it had given in a row with the country’s news publishers. The U.S. tech giant must within the next two months come up with proposals on how it would compensate news agencies and other publishers for the use of their news. If it does not do that, it would face additional fines of up to 900,000 euros per… Source link

The Philadelphia 76ers and president of basketball operations Daryl Morey were each fined $75,000 by the league over Morey’s recent tweets about Stephen Curry, the NBA announced on Monday afternoon. The tweets, the league said, violated its anti-tampering rule. Daryl Morey told Steph Curry to ‘join’ his brother Seth in a tweet The tweets in question came on June 3, one day after the 76ers closed out their opening-round playoff series with the Washington Wizards. Morey took a screenshot of… Source link

The NBA fined Dallas Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis $50,000 on Tuesday after he apparently went to a club in Los Angeles after their first playoff win on Saturday. Porzingis, the league said, attended a club on Sunday — one day after Dallas beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-106 in Game 1 of their opening round playoff series at the Staples Center. According to NBA rules, players are prohibited “from going into any bar, club, lounge or similar establishment, regardless of the player’s… Source link

Bloomberg Alibaba Vows to Hike Spending After First Loss in Years (Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. forecast better-than-expected revenue and pledged to invest in new growth arenas, signaling its intention to move past a Chinese antitrust probe that triggered its first loss in nine years.Jack Ma’s flagship e-commerce firm swung to a 5.5 billion yuan ($852 million) net loss — its first since 2012 — after the company swallowed a $2.8 billion fine for monopolistic behavior imposed by… Source link

Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position due to its Android mobile operating system and app store Google Play. “Through android and the app store Google Play, Google has a dominant position which allows it to control the reach app developers have on final users,” the regulator said in a statement, adding that almost three-quarters of Italians use smartphones running on Android. … Source link

Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google (GOOGL.O) 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position due to its Android mobile operating system and app store Google Play. “Through android and the app store Google Play, Google has a dominant position which allows it to control the reach app developers have on final users,” the regulator said in a statement, adding that almost three-quarters of Italians use smartphones running on Android. The… Source link

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FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position due to its Android mobile operating system and app store Google Play. “Through android and the app store Google Play, Google has a dominant position which allows it to control the reach app developers have on final… Source link