Swedish court orders Google to pay $1.5 billion to Klarna in antitrust damages
A Swedish court has ordered Google to pay approximately $1.5 billion in damages to the price comparison site PriceRunner, owned by Klarna, for unfairly favoring its own shopping services in search results. This ruling marks the largest antitrust award in a Swedish competition case, though Google has indicated it intends to review the decision and likely appeal.
Why it matters
This ruling represents a significant escalation in European regulatory efforts to curb the market dominance of U.S. Big Tech firms and sets a major precedent for ongoing antitrust litigation across the continent.
A Swedish court on Wednesday ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay about $1.5 billion in damages to PriceRunner, the price comparison business owned by payments platform Klarna, for favouring its own shopping service in search results.
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