The European Union has accused Google Incorporated of cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results to favor its shopping service.
The union also launched another antitrust investigation into its Android mobile operating system.
Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager said the U.S. tech giant had been sent a Statement of Objections.
The Commission, whose control of antitrust matters across the 28-nation bloc gives it a major say in the fate of global corporations. It can fine firms up to 10% of their annual sales, in Google’s case up to 6.6 billion dollars
In a statement Margrethe Vestager said “Google’s favorable treatment of its comparison shopping service, you probably know it as Google Shopping, is an abuse of Google’s dominant position in general search. Google now has ten weeks to respond, and of course I will carefully consider the response before deciding how to proceed.”
