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Google wins appeal against $1.7 billion EU fine for 'abusive' advertising practices


European Union's General Court sided with Google in its appeal against a $1.7 billion EU antitrust fine over its ad practices.

According to the Financial Times, the General Court agreed with the commission's assessment that Google did block rival advertisers from its platform. However, it argued that the commission failed to take into account "all the relevant circumstances" when it assessed how long the company had implemented anti-competitive practices. "This case is about a very narrow subset of text-only search ads placed on a limited number of publishers' websites," Google said in a statement to the Financial Times.

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