{"id":116543,"date":"2018-07-20T14:08:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=116543"},"modified":"2018-07-20T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:08:54","slug":"five-things-google-fine-buzzfeednews-trump-top-50-and-dj-d-sol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/five-things-google-fine-buzzfeednews-trump-top-50-and-dj-d-sol\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things: Google fine, BuzzFeedNews, Trump, Top 50 and DJ D-Sol"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Five Things You Should Have Missed \u2013 sorry I meant to write \u2018Shouldn\u2019t\u2019, rather than \u2018Should\u2019 \u2013 includes Google\u2019s record fine, the new BuzzFeed News, Trump\u2019s bizarre approach to communication, the Top 50 Blogs and DJ D-Sol.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Google\u2019s Fine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Google<\/strong><\/span>Last week\u2019s Five Things<\/a> included a story on the fine Facebook had incurred from the ICO for breaching data rules. The \u00a3500,000 fee was just a drop in the ocean of Facebook\u2019s earnings as it applied to offences committed before the GDPR came into force. This week Google has made the news for violating EU antitrust laws, which has led to a significantly higher fine of \u20ac4.34bn (\u00a33.8bn or about 5% of revenue). As reported by the Guardian<\/a>, the EU claims Google has carried out \u2018serious illegal behaviour\u2019 to secure the dominance of its search engine on mobile phones. Google search is the default on Android phones and the EU believes this doesn\u2019t give people serious choice.<\/p>\n

Margrethe Vestager, the EU\u2019s competition commissioner, said consumers \u2018pay with their data. Or to slightly paraphrase what [US free market economist] Milton Friedman has said: \u201cthere ain\u2019t no such thing as a free search\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n

Google plans to appeal as it believes \u2018Android has created more choice for everyone, not less\u2019. However, if Google doesn\u2019t end its \u2018illegal conduct\u2019 within 90 days, it could face fines of 5% of its daily revenue (in excess of $15m) every day it is late.<\/p>\n

President Trump has now waded into the argument, on Twitter (of course):<\/p>\n

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I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google. They truly have taken advantage of the U.S., but not for long!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n