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Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case
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Google lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.
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The European Union’s highest court Tuesday delivered the 27-nation bloc a major victory in its yearslong campaign to regulate the technology industry, ruling against Apple and Google in two landmark legal cases.
Google has lost a seven-year battle with the European Commission as the EU's highest court upheld a $2.7 billion antitrust fine against the search giant.
Google lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.
The European Union's highest court ruled against Apple and Google on Tuesday in two landmark legal cases, delivering a major victory for the bloc's efforts to regulate the technology industry, and leaving the tech giants facing billions in tax bills and penalties.
LONDON (AP) — Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies.
Google lost its bid to escape a $2.7 billion fine imposed by European Union regulators for illegally stifling rival online shopping services on Tuesday.
The tech giants have been ordered to repay taxes and fines they had long fought against. The multibillion-euro cases against the iPhone maker and Google are part of Europe's battle to rein in massive US corporations.
The EU's Court of Justice on Tueday ruled against Alphabet's Google, which had appealed a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine for abusing its dominant position by favoring its own shopping services over those of its competitors.
Apple has lost its fight to dodge a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) tax bill following a ruling by Europe’s top court Tuesday, which dealt a blow to the world’s most valuable company just a day after the iPhone maker unveiled a host of product upgrades to boost sales.
Both companies have now exhausted their appeals in cases that date to the previous decade and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech.
Apple and Alphabet-owned Google were both handed defeats by the European Union's top court this week, as the bloc's regulators continue their crackdowns against major tech firms.
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