Google Urges EU Judges to Slash ‘Staggering’ $5 Billion Fine
- Company didn’t know Android contracts were wrong, lawyer says
- Google is challenging EU’s record penalty at court hearing
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Google called on European Union judges to cut or cancel a “staggering” 4.3 billion euro ($5 billion) antitrust fine because the search giant never intended to harm rivals.
The company “could not have known its conduct was an abuse” when it struck contracts with Android mobile phone makers that required them to take its search and web-browser apps, Google lawyer Genevra Forwood told the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg.