The amount of fines Google has to pay in Europe may have become just a bit smaller. It has successfully convinced the European Union’s General Court to annul the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) penalty levied against it back in 2019 for what the European Commission described as “abusive practices in online advertising.” According to the Financial Times, the General Court agreed with the commission’s assessment that Google did block rival advertisers from its platform. However, it argued that the commission failed to take into account “all the relevant circumstances” when it assessed how long the company had implemented anti-competitive practices.
Källa: Google wins appeal against $1.7 billion EU fine for ‘abusive’ advertising practices
