Google’s antitrust mess in EU got worse

Stefan Mileschin · 18th July 2016, 12:10

The European Union has widened and bolstered its antitrust claims against Google, creating another headache for the search engine outfit.

European antitrust regulators sent Google two additional “statements of objections”, saying that it had collected extensive evidence that the company favours its own comparison-shopping service in its search results and that it prevented customers of one of its popular online advertising services from placing ads with rivals and restricted how rival ads were displayed.

This is a step up for the advertising probe, which was first made in an antitrust complaint in April 2015. Both of these investigations are in addition to an ongoing antitrust case against Google for the alleged market-dominance of Android.

Meanwhile Google is facing a separate inquiry into its use of copyrighted content from European publishers and complaints about its underpayment of tax.

http://www.techeye.net/business/goog...n-eu-got-worse

18th July 2016, 12:10	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,514	Google’s antitrust mess in EU got worse The European Union has widened and bolstered its antitrust claims against Google, creating another headache for the search engine outfit. European antitrust regulators sent Google two additional “statements of objections”, saying that it had collected extensive evidence that the company favours its own comparison-shopping service in its search results and that it prevented customers of one of its popular online advertising services from placing ads with rivals and restricted how rival ads were displayed. This is a step up for the advertising probe, which was first made in an antitrust complaint in April 2015. Both of these investigations are in addition to an ongoing antitrust case against Google for the alleged market-dominance of Android. Meanwhile Google is facing a separate inquiry into its use of copyrighted content from European publishers and complaints about its underpayment of tax. http://www.techeye.net/business/goog...n-eu-got-worse

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