Google accused European Union antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile-phone ecosystem.

Google is set to fight for the last time against the big $4.33 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU in 2018 over its Android business.

Google has appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), against a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed seven years ago. It urged the court to scrap the penalty, arguing that the fine unfairly targets its innovative practices.

Google is squaring off against regulators from the European Commissions today in the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

The EU Commission has completed its probe into X and it looks like a fine is on its way to the tune of millions of euros.

Donald Trump called the EU's regulation on U.S. tech companies, like Meta, Google and Apple, to be "a form of taxation."

President Trump criticized the European Union (EU) on Wednesday for levying hefty fines against the world’s biggest tech firms, calling it a “form of taxation” against American companies.

The European Commission has asked social media giants including Facebook, TikTok and X to take part in a test to see whether they are doing enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to next month's German election,

Google has accused EU antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3-billion (R84-billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile ecosystem.

U.S. chipmaker Intel has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related to a 1.06 billion euro fine levied in 2009, EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has told EU lawmakers.

Google hopes to appease regulators with this change, which prevents Google from preferencing its own products and services.