EU Threatens Ban If Google Fails to Comply With Regulations
July 19, 2013
Another article about Google’s trouble with the EU is titled Google Behavior Risks Banning Order If Talks With EU Fail, on Bloomberg.com. According to the article, Google has finally made some attempts at acquiescing to the EU’s complaints. Up until now, the threat of a fine seemed to have little to no affect on the search engine giant, but the article states that the EU may be able to inflict more than a monetary punishment,
“There is a tougher way to handle it,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in a speech in Madrid. That would mean issuing a so-called statement of objections and ultimately a decision “prohibiting” certain behavior, he said. Google, the owner of the world’s largest search engine, in April offered to label its branded search services and show links “to three rival specialized search services close to its own” as part of a series of commitments to end the almost three-year-old probe.”
Much of the EU’s concern is focused on Google stifling competitive advertising by placing its own products at the top of searches. Google believes it has done a “pretty good job” of addressing these issues. There is also an anti-trust probe into Google’s Motorola Mobility Unit.
Chelsea Kerwin, July 19, 2013
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