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The European Union's second-highest court on Wednesday said a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) fine imposed on Google by regulators should be annulled, siding with the U.S. tech giant after it challenged the ruling.
The case stems from 2019 when the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, said Alphabet -owned Google had abused its market dominance in relation to a product called AdSense for Search.
Google acts as an intermediary allowing advertisers to serve ads via search on third-party websites.
The Commission fined Google 1.49 billion euros at the time.
Organizations:
Google, U.S, European Commission