A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told Europe's top court on Tuesday, as it asked judges to scrap the EU decision.

Google has appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), against a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed seven years ago. It urged the court to scrap the penalty, arguing that the fine unfairly targets its innovative practices.

Google contests EU's antitrust fine over Android, arguing users prefer its search engine and Chrome. DOJ has urged it to divest Chrome for $20B.

Google has told the technology branch of the EU's European Commission that it will not comply with a new fact-checking law to counter disinformation that Republicans have argued amounts to "censorship.

The EU has since urged companies to convert the voluntary guidelines into an official policy under the union’s newer content moderation law, the Digital Services Act of 2022. Google has never had a fact-checking department to oversee content on YouTube ...

The EU Commission has completed its probe into X and it looks like a fine is on its way to the tune of millions of euros.

Donald Trump called the EU's regulation on U.S. tech companies, like Meta, Google and Apple, to be "a form of taxation."

Google has accused EU antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3-billion (R84-billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile ecosystem.

Google hopes to appease regulators with this change, which prevents Google from preferencing its own products and services.

Google LLC will carry out 3D mapping across Greece from February 4 to October 30, 2025, as part of efforts to update its Maps and Street View services. The project will cover Attica, Crete, Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Peloponnese, Thessaly and the Aegean and Ionian islands.

Google is set to fight for the last time against the big $4.33 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU in 2018 over its Android business.