Google overturns EU fine for AdSense abuse

By Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts ( September 18, 2024, 08:00 GMT | Insight) -- Google has scored a victory at the EU courts, with judges scrapping a 2019 fine imposed for anticompetitive contracts related to online advertising. The EU’s lower-tier General Court said investigators had failed to properly assess the clauses in Google's contracts that were allegedly abusive, including whether the clauses actually locked in the tech giant's customers. Google has scored a victory at the EU courts, with judges scrapping a 2019 fine imposed for anticompetitive contracts related to online advertising....

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