EU's top court upholds $4.7 billion fine against Google for Android antitrust violations
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Ryan Whitwam
2d ago· 2 min readenNews
Summary
The EU's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, has upheld a record 4.34 billion-euro ($4.7 billion) fine against Google for abusing its monopoly on Android by bundling its search engine and browser with the operating system. The fine was originally issued in 2018 and was slightly reduced by a lower court in 2022. This ruling is final, leaving Google with no further legal options to challenge the penalty.
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Ars TechnicaEU's top court upholds $4.7 billion fine against Google for Android antitrust violationsarstechnica.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe Court of Justice of the European Union has affirmed the penalty, meaning Google is out of options.
Google was handed a record-setting 4.34 billion-euro ($4.9 billion) fine in Europe for abusing its monopoly on Android.
Google's fight may not have turned out the way the company wanted, but it wasn't for nothing. The initial amount was trimmed slightly by a lower court in 2022.
The EU went after Google for the practice of bundling its search engine and browser with Android.
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