Google to Comply With EU Search Demands to Avoid More Fines

  • EU gave Google until Tuesday to draw up shopping search plan
  • Google risks daily fines if it doesn’t comply by Sept. 28

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Google will comply with Europe’s demands to change the way it runs its shopping search service, a rare instance of the internet giant bowing to regulatory pressure to avoid more fines.

The Alphabet Inc. unit faced a Tuesday deadline to tell the European Union how it planned to follow an order to stop discriminating against rival shopping search services in the region. A Google spokeswoman said it is sharing that plan with regulators before the deadline expires, but declined to comment further.