[sqdbps]

Just one of these doesn't include a US company (surprise, surprise).

CNN is not the only news outlets that won't question that obvious and peculiar pattern, perhaps it has something to do with their CEO (like most media CEOs) asking regulators to go after Google/Facebook: https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/cnn-jeff-zucker-google...

[teamhappy]

They've fined plenty of EU-based companies as well.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/27/the-largest-fines-dished-out...

[ballooney]

1) You're lying. Read the article - it's not all American companies. [Edit: parent changed their post after claiming 'All' the fines were to US companies]

2) Perhaps if it's mostly US companies it's because they are more abusive of their market power, a mentality incubated in the lobbying culture of American politics and corresponding spinelessness of regulators.

[ktosobcy]

There's Philips(NL) and Panasonic(JP) there as well.

As for "protectionism" - maybe UE companies simply follow the rules better instead of trying to extort maximum possible and playing in grey area?

[jankey]

[ citation needed ]

Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_secto..., when adding up a couple of European countries I'd say it's third behind the China and the US.

[coldtea]

>but yeah this is the protectionism that Europe seems to cling to for the last 2 thousand years.

You say it as if it's a bad thing.

Besides the US was the most protectionist country for most of its rise, well into the 20th century.

>No wonder the place has become a tourist trap while industries are in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Ever bothered to check a list of the world's economies by size and population?

[thefounder]

You don't know what you are talking about....China is the most protectionist country...not to mention most from the Americas...