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EU fines Google EUR 890 million for Digital Markets Act breaches

The Commission fined Google EUR 890 million under the DMA: EUR 460 million for self-preferencing its own shopping, hotel, transport and sports results in Search, and EUR 430 million for blocking Play Store developers from steering users to other offers.

Verified European Commission, Digital Markets Act press release, 23 July 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that Google has paid the fine or ended the practices; both remain subject to appeal and compliance monitoring.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. EUR890m fine punishes Google; ownership/operation/law of Search/Play unchanged.. European Sovereignty Index

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