A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told Europe's top court on Tuesday, as it asked judges to scrap the EU decision.

The pushback comes as the emboldened leaders of US tech companies, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, have been courting President-elect Donald Trump, with Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg urging him directly to combat EU regulatory enforcement.

After Mark Zuckerberg's big announcement that Meta will no longer fact check, Google is also sending a message to the European Union: The search giant is opting out of a new EU law that requires fact checks.

Google has rejected the new European Union (EU) laws that require it to add fact-checking features to search results or YouTube.

Google has told the technology branch of the EU's European Commission that it will not comply with a new fact-checking law to counter disinformation that Republicans have argued amounts to "censorship.

It’s worth pointing out that Google has never actually offered any fact-checking services. So this is essentially just business as usual for the search giant. According to a letter acquired by Axios, it has privately signaled to EU lawmakers that it won’t be changing its practices, despite the pressure of upcoming legislation.

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.

Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation rules. Google has reportedly told the EU it won’t add fact-checking to search results or YouTube videos, nor will it use fact-checks to influence rankings or remove content. This decision defies new EU rules aimed at tackling disinformation.

Google is appealing a €4.3 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU for allegedly restricting competition through its Android agreements. The company

Google contests EU's antitrust fine over Android, arguing users prefer its search engine and Chrome. DOJ has urged it to divest Chrome for $20B.

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.