Google faces EU fine next year for favouring own services

Alphabet's Google is expected to be fined by EU antitrust regulators next year for not doing enough to comply with EU rules against favouring its own services and products in search results, people familiar with the matter said, reports Reuters.
A penalty against Google will likely rile the United States, which has criticised a slew of landmark EU laws as taking aim at US tech companies despite EU denials to the contrary.
The world's most popular internet search engine was charged by the European Commission in March with favouring its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over competitors.
The case pits Google against vertical search engines, which are specialised search engines with links to a specific sector, and hotels, airlines, restaurants and transport services. The two latter groups also compete for more prominent spots in Google's search results, resulting in conflicting demands on Google.