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Google has reached a settlement with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed in 2022. April Curley, a former Google employee, had sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black workers. Other former Google workers also joined the suit, which later received class action status.

EU regulators are giving Alphabet's Google a little bit ‌more time to sooth their concerns ‌after a previous proposal from the company fell short, ​the European Commission said on Friday. "Google is engaging with the Commission to defend itself and in other in order to offer a ‌solution that really ⁠addresses the concerns that were raised in the case and in the ⁠preliminary findings," Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told a daily news conference. The ​Commission, which acts as ​the EU competition ​enforcer, has charged Google with ‌breaching the Digital Markets Act, ​which aims ​to rein in the power of Big Tech, and is in the midst ​of finalising ‌its decision that could include a fine ​against Google.

Google faces a fresh UK lawsuit accusing it of abusing its dominance in online display advertising, the claimants announced Thursday, in the latest antitrust action against the US tech giant.A separate lawsuit filed in UK courts last year also accused Google of overcharging for online advertising.