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Tom Watson MP calls for EU sanctions against Google if latest proposals tackling search market dominance are a flop

on Mar 28, 2014 | 0 comments

By Angela Haggerty

Tom Watson MP has called on the European Commission to consider sanctions against Google if a third round of proposals from the tech giant to change “anti-competitive behaviour” over search again fails to address the problem.

The battle between Google and the EU stems over alleged anti-competitive practices from Google when it comes to prioritising its own services on search listings while controlling 95 per cent of the online search and advertising market.

The commission concluded that Google may have abused its market dominance and penalised smaller companies. In response, Google pledged to bring in a series of changes to how it Read full story ›

Source: The Drum