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Google ordered to pay €16.2m damages to newspaper L’Équipe

By Jean Comte ( March 17, 2026, 10:45 GMT | Insight) -- A court in Paris has ordered US tech giant Google to pay almost €16.2 million in damages to French sports newspaper L'Équipe, for having used its market power to favor its own online advertising services. The awarded amount is a small fraction of the almost €120 million initially demanded by the plaintiff.The Tribunal de Commerce de Paris — the city's business court — on Monday ordered US tech giant Google to pay €16.19 million in damages to L'Équipe, a French sports newspaper....

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