Google breaks Alibaba’s record for Europe’s largest DMA fine
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In US dollars, the fines total $1.013 billion – or one quarter of one percent of the $402 billion in revenue that Google’s parent company Alphabet won in its last full financial year. The Big G’s net income was $132 billion in the same year, making these fines less than one percent of its profits. The EU’s regulatory authorities felt Google didn’t meet that obligation.
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- ▪The Big G’s net income was $132 billion in the same year, making these fines less than one percent of its profits.
- ▪The EU’s regulatory authorities felt Google didn’t meet that obligation.
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| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:32:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); Legal Google breaks Alibaba’s record for Europe’s largest DMA fine €890 million slap – just 0.25% of revenue – for making itself the subject of search results, and hiding app store alternatives Simon Sharwood Simon Sharwood APAC Editor APAC Editor Published fri 24 Jul 2026 // 08:32 UTC Alibaba’s reign as the worst offender under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) lasted just four days, after the European Commission yesterday fined Google €890 million for breaches of the law…
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