Tuesday, December 7, 2010

E.U. Launches Formal Antitrust Investigation Into Google

The top European regulator opened an antitrust investigation
into Google on Tuesday, following allegations that the
Internet giant has abused its dominance in online search.

The move follows complaints by specialized search-related
companies about "unfavorable treatment of their services in
Google's unpaid and sponsored search results," the European
Commission said in a statement.

The commission said that it was also looking into whether
Google may have given its own services "preferential
placement" in search results.

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