CMA to investigate Google search dominance and impact on news publishers – Press Gazette
The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google‘s search services, beginning a process that may ultimately see the tech giant regulated under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act.
The act, which came into force on 1 January, empowers the Competition and Markets Authority to impose conduct requirements on companies found to have “strategic market status”, for example by compelling them to pay for news content that appears on their platforms or provide greater information to users about service changes.
If a company with strategic market status is found to have abused its market position the CMA can fine it 10% of its global annual turnover. The investigation announced on Tuesday morning into Google search is the first under the new regulatory regime.
The CMA said the investigation “will assess Google’s position in search and search advertising services and how this impacts consumers and businesses including advertisers, news publishers, and…
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