Google loses long-running appeal of record EU fine, will have to cough up $4.7 billion

Google will pay 4.7 billion euros, approximately $4.7 billion, after the European Court of Justice upheld a fine imposed by the European Commission. The fine stemmed from Google's practice of bundling its search engine and Chrome browser with its Android operating system. The European Commission had determined in 2018 that this bundling practice violated EU competition law. Google exhausted its legal appeals in the EU court system with this ruling.

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