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Google fined 250m euros by French competition watchdog

France's competition watchdog found the tech giant had breached EU intellectual property rules and a 2022 agreement which included conducting negotiations with publishers in good faith and providing transparent information.

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France’s competition watchdog on Wednesday said it fined Google 250 million euros ($271.73 million) for breaches linked to EU intellectual property rules in its relationship with media publishers, reports FRANCE 24.

Google has pledged not to contest the facts as part of settlement proceedings, the watchdog said, adding the company also proposed a series of remedy measures to certain shortcomings.

The fine is linked to a copyright dispute in France over online content in a case triggered by complaints from some of France’s biggest news organisations, including Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Read more of this Reuters report published by FRANCE 24.