A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told Europe's top court on Tuesday, as it asked judges to scrap the EU decision.
Google has begun its final attempt to overturn a €4.3 billion (about $4.4 billion) fine it received from the EU over its Android market dominance back in 2018. The antitrust decision was upheld in 2022 but reduced to €4.
Google contests EU's antitrust fine over Android, arguing users prefer its search engine and Chrome. DOJ has urged it to divest Chrome for $20B.
The European Union's upcoming Digital Fairness Act has the potential to end exploitative practices online and enhance consumer protection throughout the modern digital ecosystem, but civil society gro
Google has told the technology branch of the EU's European Commission that it will not comply with a new fact-checking law to counter disinformation that Republicans have argued amounts to "censorship.
The EU Commission has completed its probe into X and it looks like a fine is on its way to the tune of millions of euros.
Donald Trump called the EU's regulation on U.S. tech companies, like Meta, Google and Apple, to be "a form of taxation."
Google has accused EU antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3-billion (R84-billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile ecosystem.
A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told Europe's top court on Tuesday, as it asked judges to scrap the EU decision.
US President Donald Trump blasted European Union regulators for targeting Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc., describing their cases against American companies as “a form of taxation.
The top court of the European Union is likely to hear Google’s appeal against the Android fine worth over 4 billion euros today. Meanwhile, India and England are set to clash in the third match of the ongoing T20I series.