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German newspapers consider lawsuit over Google's continued online search dominance

on Sep 14, 2014 | 0 comments

By Gillian West

Europe’s largest newspaper publishers are reportedly considering taking legal action to the European Commission in regards to Google’s dominance of the online search market.

A consortium of German news organisations are said to be considering a lawsuit should an agreement over Google’s powers not be reached with the four-year investigation centring on allegations that Google has been doctoring search results to promote its own services over rivals.

Lawyers acting for a group of German publishers, including Axel Springer, have confirmed that if they are unsatisfied with the commissions proposal following new talks they would challenge it at Luxembourg’s EU Court Read full story ›

Source: The Drum