News Summary

• The European Commission is in talks with Google about the steps the company may take following the EU’s €890M (about $1bn) fine in July.
• The fines were issued under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU law that sets rules for the largest online platforms.
• In its July decision, the Commission fined Google €460M for placing its own shopping, hotel, transport and sports results above rival services in search.
• It also fined the company €430m for stopping app developers from pointing users to cheaper offers outside Google Play.