The European Union has sustained Google’s 2018 antitrust complaint, finding that the corporation put “unlawful limitations” on Android phone makers in order to promote its search engine on mobile devices.
Google has been fighting the accusation since it was revealed in 2018. It included a record-breaking €4.3 billion punishment, which the EU’s General Court lowered to €4.1 billion this morning after declaring that the verdict was “mostly confirmed.” This confirmation is a significant blow to Google and reinforces the stance of the EU’s antitrust campaigners, headed by Margrethe Vestager, who have targeted Big Tech’s excesses.
