Europe’s top court has upheld a €2.4 billion ($2.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google.
On Tuesday, the Court of Justice of the European Union backed a 2017 decision that found Google had used its search-engine dominance to favor its own comparison shopping service over competitors.
The commission said Google had presented search results from its own shopping services in boxes with attractive images and text information. In contrast, competing comparison services appeared as simple, generic blue links. This, per the ruling, left competing sites prone to being demoted by Google’s algorithms.
The fine, which the tech giant has been appealing for years, set a record at the time. But in 2018, Google was hit with another record fine of €4.3 billion for abusing the dominance of its Android operating system.
Representatives for Google did not immediedly respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.
It’s the latest in a series of clashes between Alphabet’s Google and international regulators.
Google also faces a landmark antitrust trial over its alleged digital ad market monopoly. The DOJ and 17 states have alleged that Google used acquisitions and ad auction tactics illegally.
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