Google loses appeal against record $4b EU antitrust fine
The ruling can now be appealed to the bloc's top court, the EU's Court of Justice
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Luxembourg: The European Union's second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU's record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, reducing it only slightly for technical reasons.
In a statement, the EU's General court said it "largely confirms the commission's decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices" in order to benefit its search engine.
The court, however, said the fine should be slightly reduced to 4.125 billion euros ($4.1 billion), instead of the 4.3 billion euros decided by the commission in 2018.