French competition authority levies $167M fine on Google

France’s competition watchdog has levied a fine of $167 million on Google citing Google’s non-transparent advertising rules and the fact that it changes them at will. Google is facing a growing number of investigations into its advertisement business practices, on both sides of the Atlantic. The ruling is the first penalty by the French authorities…

Google streamlines its advertisement policy in a rebranding exercise

Google’s customers have been reassured by the fact that Google Ads will now serve as an all-encompassing front door for ad sellers and advertisers. On Wednesday, in one of Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s biggest re-branding exercise, the search engine giant disclosed that it is further streamlining the entry point for ad sellers and advertisers and is…