00:01The European Court of Justice on Thursday upheld Google's record 4.1 billion euros fine over alleged anti-competitive practices
00:10related to the company's Android operating system.
00:13The European Commission hit the U.S. tech giant with a penalty in 2018, alleging that the firm had abused
00:20its dominant market position, particularly by using pre-installation agreements with phone makers to give an unfair advantage to its
00:29search engine and Chrome browser.
00:31An initial fine of 4.3 billion euros was imposed, but the EU's General Court reduced this to 4.1
00:38billion euros in 2022.
00:40Google CEO Sundar Pichai has argued that the Android system has created more choice, not less.
00:47In 2025, the Commission also slapped Google with a 2.95 billion euros fine over alleged breaches of antitrust practices.
00:56It said the company had distorted competition in the advertising technology industry, favoring its own online display advertising technology services
01:06to the detriment of competing providers of advertising technology services, advertisers and online publishers.
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