Neowin News Feed for: Fines

Big Tech fined billions in 2025, and it hurt them less than a speeding ticket would hurt you

Ivan Jenic — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:14:01 +0000

Here's how much Big Tech companies paid in fines in 2025 alone and how long it took them to pay it off: Read more...

Meta fined €390 million by Irish Data Protection Commission for GDPR violations

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:10:02 +0000

Meta has said it will appeal against two fines from the Irish DPC which total €390 million. It was fined because of GDPR violations which were raised by two complainants in May 2018. Read more...

Uber and Lyft will pay fines for drivers affected by Oklahoma's anti-abortion laws

Paul Hill — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:48:02 +0000

Uber and Lyft will cover the legal costs of their drivers who get fined for assisting someone to get an abortion by driving them to a clinic. Lyft announced measures to help customers too. Read more...

Apple fined €1.1 billion by the French competition authority for anti-competitive behavior

Abhay V — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:16:01 +0000

The French competition authority has fined Apple €1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) for fixing prices with distributors, in turn affecting independent re-sellers. The firm plans to appeal the decision. Read more...

European Commission fines Qualcomm €242 million for anti-competitive practices

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:52:01 +0000

Qualcomm was slapped with a whopping fine of €242 million today by the European Commission for abusing its market dominance a few years back by selling baseband chipsets to Huawei and ZTE below cost. Read more...

Valve and Ubisoft to pay €147k and €180k fines in France due to bad refund policies

Vishal Laul — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:30:01 +0000

Valve and Ubisoft have been fined with monetary penalties of €147k and €180k respectively due to improper refund policies. The two companies now must display a notice informing users of said fines. Read more...

Google fined ₹1.36bn by Competition Commission of India for search bias

Abhay V — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:46:01 +0000

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) today imposed a penalty of ₹1.36bn (approximately $21.1 million) on Google for abusing its dominant position in web search and advertising services in India. Read more...

EU Commission accuses Facebook of misleading it with takeover of WhatsApp, fines to follow

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:42:01 +0000

The European Commission has accused Facebook of misleading authorities with the takeover of WhatsApp, due to its decision to share user data between the two companies, a practice since halted. Read more...

Since 2004, the EU has fined Microsoft 3.04 billion dollars

Brad Sams — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:05:20 +0000

After this morning's EU ruling that Microsoft will be required to cough up another 732 million dollars, we have calculated out the total fines levied against the company since 2004. Read more...

French Court Fines eBay Over Fake Goods

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:03:42 +0000

A French court has ordered eBay to pay a 40m euro fine (Â£36.1m; $63m) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing fake copies of its goods to be auctioned on the site. The case was... Read more...

EU fines Microsoft record $1.35 billion

Tom Warren — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:05:52 +0000

The European Commission fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros ($1.35 billion) on Wednesday for defying sanctions imposed on the software giant for antitrust violations, far exceeding the original penalty. The Commission, executive arm of... Read more...

Microsoft may face more EU fines

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:14:42 +0000

The European Commission claims Microsoft has not changed its behaviour since it was fined 497m euros (Â£331m) in 2004 and has warned the software giant that it could face further fines for failing to comply... Read more...

Microsoft Meets EU Deadline; More Fines Still Possible

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:03:48 +0000

European Union antitrust regulators last week confirmed that Microsoft had met the Thanksgiving Day deadline for submitting revisions to the technical documentation the American developer was ordered to produce by a March 2004 ruling. The... Read more...

PowerUser.TV e50: EU Fines Microsoft, Zune, Wi-Fi & More!

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:13:38 +0000

This week the team burns through some tech news, including (but not limited to) the EU slaps Microsoft with a ton of fines, the house votes to crack down on internet gambling and it turns... Read more...

Microsoft Faces First European Union Antitrust Fines

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:08:39 +0000

Microsoft Corp. looks more than likely to earn a place in history by becoming the first company to be hit with daily fines by the European Union for failing to respect an antitrust ruling.The E.U.'s... Read more...

EC plans more fines for Microsoft

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:19:22 +0000

YE OLDE European Commission is planning to fine Microsoft again, because the outfit is failing to comply with its so called landmark anti-trust ruling. Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has confirmed that she will be talking... Read more...

House OKs Bill Imposing 'Spyware' Fines

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 01:27:53 +0000

Companies and others that secretly install "spyware" programs on people's computers to quietly monitor their Internet activities would face hefty federal fines under a bill the House passed Tuesday. The most egregious behaviors ascribed to... Read more...

U.S. fines Bill Gates $800,000

Tue, 04 May 2004 06:31:13 +0000

It may just be pocket change for the richest man in the world, but Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has been fined $800,000 by the federal government for violating an antitrust rule. The... Read more...