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Google Seeks EU Court Backing to Preserve Reversal of €1.49 Billion Antitrust Fine
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Fusion42 · 16 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Google has asked the EU's highest court to reject regulators' appeal and preserve a lower court ruling that overturned a €1.49 billion fine tied to its AdSense advertising platform, arguing that competitors retained meaningful ability to challenge it in the market.
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If you're building ad-tech to compete with Google, the EU court just signalled that proving dominance abuse requires showing competitors actually couldn't compete - not just that Google had contractual power. The evidentiary bar for regulators just got higher.
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