Google fined €220 million decision by the French Competition Authority for having abused its dominant position in the advertising server market with Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi

On June 7th, 2021, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) sanctioned Google for having abused its dominant position in the advertising server market. This is the first decision in the world to look at the complex algorithmic auctions processes.

In this episode, Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi (Partner, Frieh Associés) discusses the decision: What are the potential impacts of this decision globally? What are the commitments proposed by Google and accepted by the Autorité to address these issues? ”

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1. French Competition Authority, The French Competition Authority fines a Big Tech company €220 million for favoring its services in the online advertising sector in a first decision to look into complex algorithmic auctions processes (Google), 7 June 2021, e-Competitions June 2021, Art. N° 101065

2. Alain Ronzano, Engagements : L’Autorité de la concurrence inflige une amende de 220 millions d’euros pour une pratique d’auto-préférence réciproque entre le serveur publicitaire et les plateformes de mise en vente programmatique d’espaces publicitaires dans le secteur de la publicité en ligne (Google), 7 June 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 101172

3. Maria-Olga Papadopoulou, Margot Vogels, Andreas Reindl, The French Competition Authority fines a Big Tech company €220 million for favoring its own services in the online advertising services supply chain (Google), 7 June 2021, e-Competitions June 2021, Art. N° 101482

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