歐盟調查谷歌壟斷 恐罰款66億美元

Margrethe Vestager, European competition commissioner, appears to be taking forward complaints of 30 online firms that Google is harming their businesses.
歐洲競爭委員會主席瑪格麗特將對30個互聯網公司的投訴採取進一步行動。這些投訴都是有關谷歌損害自己公司業務的。

Google could face a fine of up to $6.6bn (£4.4bn) after the European Commission began to update its evidence against the search engine – signalling that Brussels has decided to launch a full-blown legal challenge into its dominance.
歐洲委員會開始搜尋新的起訴谷歌搜索引擎的證據，這一行動表明，布魯塞爾方面已經決定展開全面訴訟。而谷歌公司或將面臨高達66億美元的罰金。

More than 30 companies from Europe and the United States, including travel websites Expedia and the software group Microsoft, have complained that Google is harming their businesses.
來自歐洲和美國的30多家公司投訴谷歌損害了公司業務，其中包括旅遊網站Expedia和微軟。

Brussels began formally investigating Google for abuse of dominant market position in November 2010 and Vestager’s predecessor, Joaquín Almunia, published a first statement of objections against it in May 2012.
歐盟2010年11月開始正式調查谷歌濫用其主導市場地位。2012年5月，瑪格麗特的前任阿爾穆尼亞發表了一份聲明指控谷歌公司。

This accused the Californian software group, which serves 90% of searches in Europe, of potentially favouring its own specialist services – such as restaurant or travel listings – over those of rivals. Almunia also found Google’s specialist services contained original content lifted from rival sites.
該聲明指控佔據歐洲市場份額90%的谷歌公司傾向於先推廣自家的特別服務，例如餐館或旅遊清單。阿爾穆尼亞還發現谷歌從競爭對手網站提取內容並加入自家的特別服務。