Google has offices there so the authority isn't an issue

Someone in the EU, like in the US, could try to start a competitor. They likely wouldn't be successful; that's where the anti-trust comes in.

I don't know their or our anti-trust laws, but I suspect they are accusing google of certain practices which are illegal in the EU (and similar to but perhaps more stringent than the US) which make it even harder for competitors. It's not unlike Microsoft in 98 getting hit by the US DOJ and then the EU in ~2004.

FWIW, the Mississippi AG announced yesterday that they were preparing to build an anti-trust case against Google, as did Orrin Hatch call on the FTC last year, and so on and so on; so this isn't really just one side of the ocean picking on Google.

In response to this post by HokieSignGuy

Posted: 03/20/2019 at 09:38AM

Over the Last 3 years, the EU has fined Google 9.4 BILLION dollars for -- HokieSignGuy 03/20/2019 09:24AM

I would think they can collect it, as all gov's have a way of collecting -- fordham 03/20/2019 11:37AM

Google should just buy the EU. That would settle it. ** -- No1Hokie 03/20/2019 10:06AM

Lol. probably not too far-fetched. ** -- HokieSignGuy 03/20/2019 10:09AM

Just a bunch of broke countries looking for free money. ** -- HokieNoVA 03/20/2019 10:00AM

Google has offices there so the authority isn't an issue -- jmanatVT 03/20/2019 09:38AM

And that 2004 microsoft case in the EU is interesting. -- HokieSignGuy 03/20/2019 09:55AM

I always thought that Microsoft should have responded to the various states -- BayHokie 03/20/2019 10:15AM

Ah yes the old anti-trust defense of "We are a monopoly, so good luck -- jmanatVT 03/20/2019 12:29PM

Ha! I didn't know that. -- jmanatVT 03/20/2019 10:05AM

Looks like that 1998 case just brokeup microsoft. No fines. -- HokieSignGuy 03/20/2019 09:50AM

They are violating EU law -- HokieForever 03/20/2019 09:32AM

Isn't that a given, that if you use google adsense, only google products -- HokieSignGuy 03/20/2019 09:44AM

No it's supposed to show whatever you searched... -- HokieForever 03/20/2019 09:50AM

It's a shame the parties hurt in this scenario will see no money -- HokieSignGuy 03/20/2019 10:13AM

Google has offices there so the authority isn't an issue

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