Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act
Major EU platform-regulation enforcement action with no immediate AI governance dimension or Australian regulatory parallel.
Key points
- European Commission fined Google €890 million for Digital Markets Act breaches covering search self-preferencing and app store steering.
- DMA enforcement concerns platform competition law, not AI governance - limited direct relevance to APS AI work.
- No Australian regulatory parallel to the DMA exists currently; item is context only for those tracking EU digital regulation broadly.
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"Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act"
Source: EU Digital Strategy – News
Published: 23 July 2026
URL: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-fines-google-eu890-million-breaches-digital-markets-act
The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million across two decisions for breaching the Digital Markets Act. The first fine of €460 million relates to self-preferencing Google's own services in Search results; the second of €430 million concerns anti-steering restrictions on Google Play that prevented app developers from directing users to cheaper alternatives. Google has been ordered to end both practices. The decisions are significant for EU digital platform regulation but do not concern AI systems, algorithmic governance, or automated decision-making in ways directly relevant to APS AI work.
Retrieved from SIMS, 16 September 2026.