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Google loses EU appeal against record antitrust fine

EU judges mostly backed the European Commission’s decision to impose the penalty, but cut the fine to €4.1 billion

In its 2018 decision, the European Commission accused Google of three separate types of illegal behaviour that helped cement the dominance of its search engine. Picture: Getty

Google has lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a landmark €4.3 billion European Union fine over its Android operating system for mobile phones.

EU judges mostly backed the European Commission’s decision to impose the penalty, but cut the fine to €4.1 billion.

The case is one of a trio of decisions that have been the centrepiece of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s bid to rein in the growing dominance of ...