Brussels (Reuters) – Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, should be accused of having violated the EU rules aimed at limiting the influence of digital giants, after the changes offered by the group to its services have Not convinced the European competition gendarme, according to three sources close to the file.
The European Commission launched in March investigations against Apple, Meta, Mother of Facebook and Instagram, and Google, for non-compliance with the Digital Market Regulations.
One of the surveys aimed to determine if Google promotes its vertical search engines, such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels, compared to its competitors, and if it operates a discrimination against third party services in Google search results.
According to this issue, the accusation, according to sources.
The European competition regulator did not wish to make comments.
Google referred to a publication of December by its competition director for the EMEA region, Oliver Bethell, saying that the company sought to find a balanced solution with the Commission.
(FOO Yun Chee report, Elena Smirnova, edited by Augustin Turpin)
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