Google appealed a massive fine from the EU and lost. It now must pay the fine. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
July 2 (UPI) -- Europe's highest court on Thursday upheld the $4.67 billion judgment against Google for alleged anti-competitive practices on the Android platform.
Google appealed the ruling in the European Union's court system, but the European Court of Justice dismissed the company's appeal. Now the company has no right to appeal further.
The European Commission gave Google a $4.9 billion fine in 2018 saying it abused Android's mobile dominance to give an unfair advantage to its own apps via pre-installation deals with smartphone makers. In 2022, a lower court reduced the fine to $4.67, which is what Google will now have to pay.
"The Court of Justice dismisses the appeal brought by Google and Alphabet against that judgment of the General Court, thereby confirming the penalty imposed on them, as revised by the General Court, for their anticompetitive practices relating to the Android operating system," the ECJ said in a press release.
