Google is appealing the more than half a billion dollar fine it got slapped with by France’s competition authority in July.
The penalty relates to the adtech giant’s approach toward paying news publishers for content reuse.
In a statement today, Sebastien Missoffe, a Google France VP and country manager, characterized the fine as “disproportionate” — claiming that the $592M penalty is not justified in light of Google’s “efforts” to cut a deal with news publishers and…
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