{"id":479,"date":"2025-03-20T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4298809"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:36:04","slug":"is-google-rigging-search-eus-preliminary-findings-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tecnoartesanos.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/is-google-rigging-search-eus-preliminary-findings-are-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Google Rigging Search? EU\u2019s Preliminary Findings Are In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The European Commission claims that Alphabet, Google\u2019s parent company, has breached the Digital Markets Act. The specific allegation is that Google is self-preferencing on Search and the Play Store.<\/p>\n

The DMA applies to \u201cgatekeeper\u201d organisations<\/a> that have a major economic impact in the EU (at least \u20ac7.5 billion in annual revenue in the EU per year for the last three fiscal years) and have more than 45 million monthly active users in the E.U., or more than 10,000 yearly active business users for at least three fiscal years.<\/p>\n

SEE: Advocacy Groups Criticise European Commission for Weak Regulation of Apple, Google<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n