# Commission fines Google for shopping comparison self-preferencing

Date: 2017

On 27 June 2017 the Commission fined Google 2.42 billion euros for favouring its own shopping service. The General Court largely upheld the decision in 2021. It is the foundational self-preferencing case.

## People

- Margrethe Vestager: https://factrail.ai/people/margrethe-vestager

## Drivers

- Antitrust Pressure in Digital Markets: https://factrail.ai/drivers/antitrust-pressure-in-digital-markets

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-google-antitrust-idUSKBN19I0N8/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_17_1784

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-google-shopping-2017