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FILE - A pistillate walks past the logo for Google astatine the China International Import Expo successful Shanghai, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. A apical European Union tribunal rejected connected Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2021 Google's entreaty against a 2.4 cardinal euro ($2.8 billion) antitrust punishment from the bloc's contention watchdog, which recovered the institution abused its ascendant presumption by giving its buying work an amerciable advantage. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

LONDON – A apical European Union tribunal connected Wednesday rejected Google's entreaty of a 2.4 cardinal euro ($2.8 billion) good from regulators who recovered the tech elephantine abused its monolithic online scope by giving its ain buying recommendations an amerciable vantage successful its hunt results.

The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's contention watchdog, punished Google successful 2017 for unfairly favoring its ain buying work implicit competitors. The European Court of Justice’s General Court ruled that it “largely dismisses” Google’s entreaty of that antitrust punishment and is upholding the fine.

“The General Court frankincense rules that, successful reality, Google favors its ain examination buying work implicit competing services, alternatively than a amended effect implicit different result," it said successful a property release.

Google said it made changes successful 2017 to comply with the European Commission’s decision.

“Our attack has worked successfully for much than 3 years, generating billions of clicks for much than 700 examination buying services,” a Google connection said.

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The good was portion of an effort by European regulators to curb the online giant's clout connected the continent. It was followed by 2 different blockbuster antitrust penalties that the committee slapped connected Google, totaling 8.25 cardinal euros ($9.5 billion), which the institution besides is appealing.

The commission's probe recovered that Google unfairly directed visitors to its examination buying service, Google Shopping, to the detriment of its rivals. EU regulators demanded Google alteration the mode it provides hunt results successful Europe.

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