Google has to pay a fine

The American technology company Google lost the appeal in the Android scam and the Android operating system case. A European Union (EU) court has upheld a record fine imposed on the company. As a result, Google has to pay about 413 million dollars as a fine. The European Commission fined Google $4.34 billion for anti-trust and breach of trust. This is the largest breach of trust fine imposed by the European Commission.

In that judgment, the EU Commission said that Google broke the law by forcing phone manufacturers to use the Android operating system on their phones. They unethically use Android operating system to block the way of competitors to maintain market dominance.

Google appealed against the decision of the EU to the second highest court of Europe. But that appeal did not last. On Wednesday (September 14), the previous verdict was upheld. However, the fine was slightly reduced to 413 million dollars. According to Reuters, this is the record fine ever in an anti-trust case. The European Commission fined the world's most popular internet search engine a total of $8.25 billion in three of the oldest complaints of the decade.

Google lost an appeal against the $242 million fine in the first case. In Wednesday's ruling, the court affirmed the Commission's decision that Google imposed illegal restrictions on Android mobile manufacturers and mobile network operators to maintain its search engine dominance in the market.

The court also said that the size of the fine has been determined taking into account the seriousness and time of the crime. However, Google still has the opportunity to appeal against this judgment to the highest court of Europe.