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BRUSSELS— Alphabet Inc.’s Google begun its appeal Monday to overturn a $5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the European Union, contending that its Android operating system for mobile devices has boosted competition rather than foreclosing it. The tech giant presented oral arguments in Luxembourg before the EU’s second-highest court, in its appeal to overturn the 2018 decision from the bloc’s antitrust enforcer. In that case, EU authorities found Google had Source link

LONDON (AP) — Google is heading to a top European Union court Monday to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system. The company is fighting a 2018 decision from the EU’s executive Commission, the bloc’s top antitrust enforcer, that resulted in the 4.34 billion-euro ($5 billion) fine — still the biggest ever fine Brussels has imposed for anticompetitive behavior. It’s one of three antitrust penalties… Source link

Topline Google will contribute €25 million ($29 million) to the European Union’s newly established European Media and Information Fund to tackle misinformation and fake news, the company announced Wednesday, as big tech companies face criticism and mounting scrutiny for failing to curb the spread of misinformation online. Google will contribute €25 million ($29 million) to the European Union’s newly established European … [+] Media and Information Fund zz/John… Source link

Press play to listen to this article Brussels has opened two preliminary investigations into Google’s advertising practices, investigating how the company gathers data and how it operates in the multi-layered market of display advertising technology. Today is the deadline for a host of companies to send their responses to questionnaires they received from the European Commission in December. In this second round of questioning, the Commission narrowed… Source link

The deadline for Europe to make a call on the Google -Fitbit merger has been pushed out again — with EU regulators now having until January 8, 2021, to take a decision. The latest change to the provisional deadline, spotted earlier by Reuters, could be the result of one of the parties asking for more time. Last month the deadline for a decision was extended until December 23 — potentially pushing the decision out beyond a year after Google announced its intention to buy Fitbit, back… Source link

Google alternative Ecosia is on a mission to turn search clicks into trees. The Berlin based not-for-profit reached a major milestone earlier this month, having used ad revenue generated by users of its privacy-sensitive search engine to plant more than 100 million trees across 25 countries worldwide — targeted at biodiversity hotspots. However these good feels have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Ecosia has seen its monthly revenues slashed by half since COVID-19 arrived… Source link