European Commissioner “almost 100% certain” to reject Google’s antitrust proposals
EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has told the European Parliament that he is “almost 100% certain” to reject the proposals Google has put forward to address concerns that it is abusing its dominant position in web search to stifle competition, reports Bloomberg.
Google’s proposals, described in more detail in our previous coverage, effectively amount to a commitment to:
- clearly separate sponsored links from organic search results, and to link to rival search services
- allow publishers to choose what content is included in Google’s various search results
- allow website owners to sell advertising from competitor companies alongside Google ads
- allow advertisers to manage search advertising campaigns across competing platforms …
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