Google Has Been Fighting a Gargantuan Fine in Court. The Final Verdict? It Must Pay Up
When the EU hit Google with a massive fine back in 2018, the tech company was really hoping it would never have to pay up. Eight years of appeals later, and it turns out the company is out of luck and will have to cough up the fine to the tune of 4.1 billion euro ($4.7 billion).
Europe's top court upheld the penalty on Thursday, saying that previous rulings had been correct. "The appeal brought by Google and its parent company Alphabet against the judgment of the General Court is dismissed, thereby confirming the penalty imposed for Google Search's abuse of a dominant position in the context of the Android operating system," said the Court of Justice of the European Union in a statement (PDF).
"Android provides more choicefor everyone and supports thousands of businesses," said a spokesperson for Google over email. "This judgment fails to recognize our...
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