Google Fined $592 Million in Dispute With French Publishers

Google Fined $592 Million in Dispute With French Publishers
Google employees walk out of Google France building in Paris on Nov. 18, 2019. Michel Euler/File/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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PARIS—France’s competition regulator fined Google 500 million euros ($592 million) on Tuesday for failing to negotiate in good faith with French publishers in a dispute over payments for their news.

The agency threatened fines of another 900,000 euros (around $1 million) per day if Google doesn’t come up with proposals within two months on how it will compensate publishers and news agencies for their content.