On Tuesday, Google filed an appeal of the European Commission’s nearly $5 billion fine after a regulatory body decided that the Alphabet Inc. company was knowingly violating antitrust laws, the company confirmed to The Verge.
In its initial suit, the European Commission alleged that Google was abusing its market dominance over its Android operating system by bundling together products like Google search and Chrome apps, and paying other mobile manufacturers to include Google search as a default.
Following the decision in July, Google said that it would file an appeal, but according to The Wall Street Journal, it wasn’t filed until today. The initial decision gave Google 90 days to end the anti-competitive behaviors in order to continue…
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