Google loses appeal against huge EU fine over shopping searches

The EU’s General Court upheld the 2.4 billion euro fine (PA)

A top European Union court on Wednesday rejected Google’s appeal against a 2.4 billion euro (£2 billion) fine from regulators who found the tech giant abused its massive online reach by giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage in search results.

The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s top competition watchdog, punished Google in 2017 for unfairly directing visitors to its own shopping service, Google Shopping, to the detriment of competitors.