Google boss Sundar Pichai.
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Google has lost its appeal against a landmark $4 billion antitrust fine in Europe.
The European Commission issued the fine in 2018 over the dominance of Android.
Google has been accused of forcing smartphone makers to preinstall its services.
Google will be forced to pay more than $4 billion to the European Union, after judges rejected the firm’s appeal against a landmark 2018 antitrust fine.
The tech giant was fined by Europe’s competition watchdog for abusing its dominant Android mobile operating system to cement the popularity of Google apps and services.
It remains the biggest antitrust fine given by Europe’s competition regulator against a single firm, cementing the reputation of the European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, as Silicon Valley’s policewoman.
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