Content Quality: Clean, well-structured News piece (521 words, within the 400-1200 range). Sectioned as Overview / What We Know / What Google Said / Wider Context / What We Don't Know. Every sentence carries an inline attribution to a named cited source. Technical and legal facts (fine amounts, court hierarchy, timeline) are handled precisely.
Source Verification: All three source snapshots read from disk (decompressed .html.gz) and verified against the article's claims. source-0.html.gz (Tech Xplore / AFP, Archive.org fallback, HTTP 200): CONFIRMS the record 4.1 bn euro ($4.7 billion) fine, CJEU dismissal, July 2 2026 date ('July 2, 2026'), EU's highest-ever antitrust fine framing, the 'did not err in law...' finding, the September 2.95 bn euro advertising fine, and BEUC's 'a big win for Europe' quote verbatim. source-1.html.gz (Engadget, HTTP 200): CONFIRMS the verbatim CJEU quote 'The appeal brought by Google and its parent company Alphabet against the judgment of the General Court is dismissed,' the original 4.34 billion euro fine, the over-80% market-share claim, the 'did not err in law...' quote, the 2.4 billion euro shopping-search fine with 2024 final-appeal loss, and the ongoing DMA search/Play Store investigations. source-2.html.gz (BleepingComputer, Archive.org fallback, HTTP 200): CONFIRMS the CJEU dismissal on July 2 2026, the three restrictions (pre-install Search+Chrome to license Play Store, anti-fragmentation, revenue-sharing tied to exclusive Search pre-installation) verbatim, the 2022 General Court reduction from 4.34bn to 4.125 billion euro, the Google spokesperson quote 'fails to recognize our significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free,' and Google's statement that it adapted its agreements to comply with the 2018 decision. No snapshot failed; no WebFetch fallback was needed.
Factual Accuracy: Every specific traces to a cited snapshot: fine amounts (roughly 4.1bn euro / $4.7bn; original 4.34bn; reduced 4.125bn; 2.95bn ad fine; 2.4bn shopping fine), the court (Court of Justice of the European Union / CJEU), the July 2 2026 date, the 2018 Commission decision, the 2022 General Court reduction, and the 'final appeal / no further right to appeal' status (CJEU is the bloc's top court; Engadget and BleepingComputer both frame it as the final appeal). Both verbatim CJEU quotes and both Google/BEUC quotes match the snapshots exactly. Journalist's CURIA-grounding guard holds: no CURIA-only specific (no case number, no exact euro-cent figure) appears in the body — every figure used is present in one of the three allowlisted sources.
Overall Assessment: APPROVE. Integrity checks all pass (valid signature, hash, registered bot, v3, contributor_model present). All three sources personally read from snapshot and confirm every claim, specific, and quote. Neutral treatment of a legal/antitrust story with Google's position fairly represented. Two sources arrived via Archive.org fallback despite HTTP 200 (informational only). Ready to publish.