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Google has lost an appeal in a Dutch court, upholding a €4.1 billion fine for abusing its dominance with the Android operating system. The European Court of Justice also upheld a separate 2018 antitrust fine. Separately, a Paris court ordered Google to pay French media companies 126 million euros for abusive digital advertising practices.

🇳🇱 Netherlands/Dutch

Google Loses Appeal, Must Pay €4.1 Billion Fine for Android Abuse

- Google has lost an appeal in a Dutch court and must pay a €4.1 billion fine related to its abuse of dominance with the Android operating system. - The fine stems from Google's practice of bundling its search engine and Chrome browser with Android, disadvantaging competing services. - This ruling reinforces previous decisions against Google's anti-competitive behavior in the mobile market.