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A Moscow court has ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay heavy fines for failing to remove banned content.
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Google said it had agreed on changes to improve its online ad market after being fined by France's competition watchdog.
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Facebook fined €7 million in Italy for 'misleading' data practices
The Italian Competition Authority had already fined Facebook €5 million in 2018 and said the tech giant had ignored an order to correct its policies on user data.
France fines Google €1.1 million over 'misleading' hotel rankings
An investigation by the French consumer watchdog and finance ministry found the tech giant was guilty of "misleading commercial practice".
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Norway fines Grindr dating app €9.6m over data privacy breach
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Apple fined €10 million in Italy over iPhone water resistance claims
The firm is accused of claiming that several iPhone models were water-resistant without clarifying the exceptional circumstances.
Frenchman fined for leaving home during lockdown to 'beat someone up'
A resident in Lannion was fined €135 for breaching lockdown restrictions for trying to "smash a guy's face in".
Hungarian politician fined €12,000 for giving potatoes to Viktor Orbán
Hungarian politician Péter Jakab has been fined €12,000 for trying to give Prime Minister Viktor Orbán potatoes during a Parliament session last week.
According to the politician, many people voted for the ruling Fidesz party in recent by-elections because they were given free potatoes.
French tourist fined €1,000 for taking sand from Sardinia beach
White grains of sand from Sardinia's pristine beaches are considered precious and are a protected resource.
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A woman in Austria has been fined and given a suspended jail term after breaking quarantine to visit a supermarket just days after testing positive for coronavirus.
French #MeToo: Government advisor 'optimistic' despite Muller ruling
A Paris court ordered Sandra Muller to pay €15,000 in damages to a TV executive Eric Brion who she had accused of making sexually lewd remarks at a party.
Former Catalan leaders ordered to repay independence vote costs
Spanish auditors have ordered former Catalan leader Artur Mas and nine others to repay €4.9 million of public money spent on a non-binding independence vote in 2014.
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica to pay city €36 million in late permit fees
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Denmark has ridiculed itself with burka ban, activist tells Euronews
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Alphabet shrugs off EU fine as earnings beat expectations
Alphabet's total revenue for the three months to the end of June is €27 billion ($32.66 billion). Eighty-six percent of which came from Google's advertising business