British probe to look at Google’s dominance in search engines – Yahoo News
Jan. 14 (UPI) — Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority on Tuesday opened a probe over Google’s search and advertising services on some of its European consumers.
The British watchdog announced the probe, carried out under the 2024 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act in a post on social media.
“We’ve launched our first SMS investigation to determine if Google has strategic market status in its general search and search advertising activities,” it said.
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Google accounts for more than 90% of all search queries in Britain, according to the authority. And more than 200,000 British advertisers utilize its search advertising tools.
“Google Search supports millions of U.K. businesses to grow by reaching customers in innovative ways,” a Google spokesperson told CNBC. “The CMA’s announcement today recognizes that.”
The CMA said it’s looking to determine if Google has a “strategic market status” under Britain’s and the first investigation under the new law and…
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