Google has been fined €250 million by France’s competition watchdog for failing to broker agreements with media outlets

Tech giant Google has been fined 250 million euros by #French regulators for breaching commitments to media companies on content licensing.

The French Competition Authority says that it was fining the US tech company for breaches linked to intellectual property rules related to news media publishers.

The regulator also cites concerns about Google’s AI service.

Google said the fine was disproportionate, and said the watchdog had not sufficiently taken into account its efforts ‘in an environment where it’s very hard to set a course because we can’t predict which way the wind will blow next’.