France's competition watchdog on Wednesday announced it had fined Google's parent company, Alphabet, €250 million. The penalty stems from a 2019 EU law requiring online platforms to compensate media outlets for using their content.
The Autorité de la Concurrence, or Competition Authority, accused Google of failing to fulfil commitments it made two years ago to implement the law with regards to online media payments and the use of news content by its Gemini AI platform.
