The European Union\u2019s antitrust chief\u00a0 formally accused Google of abusing its dominance in web searches, bringing charges that could limit the giant American tech company\u2019s moneymaking prowess.<\/p>\n
The case is the first time that antitrust charges have been brought against Google, despite a year long face-off between the company and regulators here. It will almost certainly increase pressure on Google to address complaints that the company favors its own products in search results over its rivals\u2019 services.<\/p>\n
And in a sign that the pressure in Europe would probably expand to other areas of Google\u2019s business, the antitrust regulator, Margrethe Vestager, also said she had opened a formal antitrust investigation into the company\u2019s Android smartphone software.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the investigation confirmed our concerns, Google would have to face the legal consequences and change the way it does business in Europe,\u201d said Ms. Vestager, the European Union\u2019s competition commissioner, referring to Google\u2019s search practices.
\nThe whole story makes it more probable for EU to setup its giant search engine against Google similar to the one done by Russians using their own Yandex engine. Other great search engine is Baidu (by Chinese) which has easily replaced google in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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