EU Slams $2.7bn Fine on Google Over Alleged Fraudulent PracticesBALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US Internet search engine – Google has been slammed with the fine $2.7bn by the European Commission EU over alleged abuse of its power. Specifically, EU is accusing Google of promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results. The EU’s fine against the search engine is considered to be the regulator’s largest penalty to date against a company accused of distorting the market. In what could be considered a soft landing, EU held it would leave Google to determine what alterations should be made to its Shopping service rather than specifying a remedy. “What Google has done is illegal under EU antitrust rules,” EU’s competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager declared.