ECJ Upholds Google’s 4.1 Billion Euro Android Fine, Dismissing Final Appeal
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Updated · CNBC · Jul 2
ECJ Upholds Google’s 4.1 Billion Euro Android Fine, Dismissing Final Appeal
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Jul 2
Summary
Europe’s top court confirmed Google’s 4.1 billion euro penalty on Thursday, rejecting the company’s challenge to the EU antitrust case over Android.
The ECJ said Google and Alphabet used Android’s dominance in mobile to give unfair preference to their own apps through pre-installation deals with smartphone makers.
The fine stems from a 2018 European Commission decision that originally set the penalty at 4.34 billion euros, then a record in the bloc’s antitrust enforcement.
A lower EU court trimmed the sanction to 4.1 billion euros in 2022, and the ECJ’s ruling now leaves that revised penalty in place.