Related rights: the Autorité fines Google €250 million

Summary:

The Autoritu00e9 de la concurrence has fined Google u20ac250 million for non-compliance with some of its commitments made in June 2022. Google was found to have breached four of its seven commitments aimed at guaranteeing transparency and fairness in negotiations with press agencies and publishers. The commitments included negotiating in good faith, providing necessary information, and ensuring negotiations did not affect other economic relationships. Additionally, Google's artificial intelligence service, Bard, was found to have used content from press agencies and publishers without notification or permission, and failed to propose a technical solution for opting out of content use. As a result, the Autoritu00e9 de la concurrence has imposed a fine and ordered corrective measures to address the breaches.