Sources: Reuters
France's "Autorité de la concurrence" fines Google a record €500M ($593M) for breaching an April 2020 ruling that ordered the company to negotiate "in good faith" licensing deals with publishers and news agencies for any re-use of copyrighted content. The fine amounts to about 1.1% of the company's yearly profits. 2021-07-13
New Mexican Attorney General Hector Balderas sues Google for allegedly collecting private information of the state's schoolchildren without parental consent. 2020-02-20
Google announces a new wireless network in the United States called Project Fi with a pay as you go data rate. 2015-04-22
Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit. 2014-01-30
The European Union and United States approve Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of smartphone maker Motorola. 2012-02-13
Reuters cites sources "familiar with the matter" as saying that Google will soon receive approval from both the European Union and the United States for its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. 2012-02-10
Google agrees with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to have an independent privacy audit every couple of years as a result of problems with the Google Buzz social network. 2011-03-31
The German government meets to discuss Google's Street View mapping service. 2010-09-20
A policy proposal by Google and Verizon regarding the way internet service is regulated comes under criticism from groups promoting net neutrality. 2010-08-10
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on China to investigate the cyber attacks on Google. 2010-01-21