European Union toughens its stance against anti-competitive US tech firms as the General Court dismisses Google’s appeal against a US$2.8 billion fine

European Union’s General Court has rejected Google’s appeal against a US$2.8 billion fine that the company had received in 2017. The fine was the result of the European Commission’s verdict that Google had broken antitrust law by giving preference to its own shopping comparison product in search results over other, potentially better alternatives.