Google accused European Union antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile-phone ecosystem.
The company is making its case at the European Court of Justice, the bloc’s highest court, on Tuesday after the regulator ruled that Google had unfairly used its dominance to make sure traffic on Android devices went to its search engine.
Google has appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), against a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed seven years ago. It urged the court to scrap the penalty, arguing that the fine unfairly targets its innovative practices.
Google is squaring off against regulators from the European Commissions today in the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
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."
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 is set to fight for the last time against the big $4.33 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU in 2018 over its Android business.
The pushback comes as the emboldened leaders of US tech companies, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, have been courting President-elect Donald Trump, with Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg urging him directly to combat EU regulatory enforcement.
After Mark Zuckerberg's big announcement that Meta will no longer fact check, Google is also sending a message to the European Union: The search giant is opting out of a new EU law that requires fact checks.