Progress

Current status
concluded
21 Dec 2022 concluded
12 Jan 2022 under appeal
04 Jun 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

21 Dec 2022
concluded

Closed Bundeskartellamt investigation into Google News Showcase over potential anti-competitive practices

On 21 December 2022, the Bundeskartellamt closed the investigation into "Google News Showcase", a service provided by Google/Alphabet, which was opened on 4 June 2021. The service presents journalistic content of various publications to users in for…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
12 Jan 2022
under appeal

Google proposes measures to dispel Bundeskartellamt investigation into Google News Showcase

On 12 January 2022, Google has proposed measures to dispel the Bundeskartellamt’s competition investigation which was opened after a complaint by a number of German press publishers against the Google News Showcase online service. The service presen…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type appeal
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
04 Jun 2021
under deliberation

Bundeskartellamt opens investigation into Google News Showcase for potential anti-competitive practices

On 4 June 2021, the Bundeskartellamt announced the opening of an investigation into 'Google News Showcase', a service provided by Google/Alphabet. The service presents journalistic content of various publications to users in form of 'story panels', …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority