Antitrust investigation against google
European Commission Vice President Joaquín Almunia stated that following the results of his investigation, it was established that Google had unfairly used its dominant position in the search engine market. The investigation was carried out on the complaint of several tiny Internet companies, for which, almost without concealment, it is worth ... who would you think?
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The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union, which, among other things, controls the compliance with EU laws in its territory. Joaquín Almunia, vice president of the European Commission, said yesterday that he had sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, the executive director of Google. In this letter, he said that the investigation found several reasons why we can assume that Google unfairly took advantage of the dominant position. Namely:
- In general search results, Google displays links to its own specialized search services, such as news, restaurant and product searches. In the opinion of the Commission, this makes them stand out in comparison with competing services.
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- Google copies original content from competing specialized searches, such as reviews and reviews from users of restaurants and travel sites.
- Google de facto makes use of its Google Adwords search advertising platform, preventing the transition to alternative platforms.
Almunia has provided Google with several weeks to fix these problems. In the event that a company fails to do this, an investigation may result in fines of billions of euros.
The investigation was carried out on the complaint of a tiny British product comparison site Foundem, similar to Ciao, owned by Microsoft, a French search engine for legal documents justice.fr, the Icomp group of Internet lobbyists, which is financed by the same supercorporation and other small companies.
Google controls 85-95% of search traffic in Europe. A similar antitrust investigation against the company is conducted by the US Federal Trade Commission.
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Magic bunny?
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union, which, among other things, controls the compliance with EU laws in its territory. Joaquín Almunia, vice president of the European Commission, said yesterday that he had sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, the executive director of Google. In this letter, he said that the investigation found several reasons why we can assume that Google unfairly took advantage of the dominant position. Namely:
- In general search results, Google displays links to its own specialized search services, such as news, restaurant and product searches. In the opinion of the Commission, this makes them stand out in comparison with competing services.
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- Google copies original content from competing specialized searches, such as reviews and reviews from users of restaurants and travel sites.
- Google de facto makes use of its Google Adwords search advertising platform, preventing the transition to alternative platforms.
Almunia has provided Google with several weeks to fix these problems. In the event that a company fails to do this, an investigation may result in fines of billions of euros.
The investigation was carried out on the complaint of a tiny British product comparison site Foundem, similar to Ciao, owned by Microsoft, a French search engine for legal documents justice.fr, the Icomp group of Internet lobbyists, which is financed by the same supercorporation and other small companies.
Google controls 85-95% of search traffic in Europe. A similar antitrust investigation against the company is conducted by the US Federal Trade Commission.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/144289/
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