[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-poland-accuses-google-of-unfair-market-practices":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10207,"poland-accuses-google-of-unfair-market-practices","Poland Accuses Google of Unfair Market Practices","Poland's competition authority accuses Google of unfair market practices, with a possible fine of up to 10 percent of its global annual revenue.","Poland's antitrust regulator has accused Google of unfair market practices, and the potential fine is a gut punch: up to 10 percent of the company's annual revenue.\n\nThe regulator announced the formal accusation on October 5, though it has not detailed which specific business practices triggered the complaint. What it did specify is the ceiling: a penalty worth 10 percent of Google's global annual revenue, a benchmark more commonly associated with the European Union's antitrust playbook than with a single member state acting alone. That framing lines up with how Brussels has sized its own Google fines over the past decade, suggesting Warsaw is borrowing a familiar script. For a company with Alphabet's revenue base, even a fraction of that maximum would be one of the largest fines ever levied by a Polish regulator.\n\nThis puts Poland on a growing list of European authorities going after Google directly, after years of EU-level cases over Android bundling, shopping search rankings, and ad-tech practices. It also shows antitrust enforcement increasingly happening at the national level rather than only in Brussels, which means Google now has more simultaneous fronts to manage. Leading with a revenue-based penalty ceiling before any wrongdoing is proven is as much a negotiating tactic as a legal one - it puts a big number in headlines early.\n\nWorth noting: Poland hasn't published the underlying complaint, so it's too early to tell whether this is a serious case or an opening shot in a longer negotiation.","[\"google\",\"antitrust\",\"poland\",\"eu-regulation\"]","2026-10-05T15:26:55.000Z","2026-10-06T07:19:52.395Z","2026-10-06T07:19:58.116Z","published",null,[],"policy",[26,27,28,29],"google","antitrust","poland","eu-regulation",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2277403\u002Fpolands-antitrust-regulator-accuses-google-of-unfair-market-practices\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6336,"2026-10-05T19:16:35.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",875,"2026-10-05T17:21:11.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":24,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy",455,"2026-10-05T18:15:20.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",353,"2026-10-05T18:35:08.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",209,"2026-10-05T15:55:29.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Science","science",182,"2026-10-05T18:58:12.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",161,"2026-10-05T18:18:56.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software","software",103,"2026-10-05T18:23:19.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",99,"2026-10-05T10:47:06.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Startups","startups",94,"2026-10-05T18:07:07.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Gaming","gaming",54,"2026-10-05T19:07:04.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",52,"2026-10-05T17:01:27.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",33,"2026-10-05T11:57:17.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]