Google fined €250m in France for breaching intellectual property rules

Watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their content

Google has been fined €250m (£213m) by French regulators for breaching an agreement over paying media companies for reproducing their content online.

France’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday that it was fining the US tech company for breaches linked to intellectual property rules related to news media publishers. The regulator also cited concerns about Google’s AI service.

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