Google wins challenge against €1.49bn EU fine

European Commission “committed errors in assessment”

Penny Horwood
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Google wins challenge against EU fine

Google has won its challenge against a €1.49bn EU fine for restricting rival search ads

The action related to Google's AdSense product which deliver ads to websites. The European Commission had claimed that between 2006 and 2016 Google abused its market dominance by inserting exclusiv...

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