European Union: EU Commission investigation into Google's online advertising services and alleged anticompetitive conduct
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Issued EU Commission Statement of Objections in investigation into Google over alleged abusive practices in online advertising, including preliminary findings recommending mandatory divestment
On 14 June 2023, the European Commission announced that it had sent a statement of objections to Google over abusive practices in the online advertising technology market as part of the investigation into alleged anticompetitive conduct and abuse of…
SourceEC broadened scope of its investigation into Google for alleged violations of EU competition rules by including Portuguese administrative offence proceedings
On 27 July 2022, the European Commission (EC) took over the administrative offence proceedings of the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) in the same investigation that the EC opened against Google last year, on 22 June 2021. The AdC initiated ad…
SourceAnnounced investigation into Google for alleged anti-competitive unilateral conduct in the online advertising technology market
On June 22, 2021, the European Commission (EC) opened up an investigation into Google's potentially anti-competitive behaviour in the advertising technology ("ad tech") services sector. Google is alleged to have been abusing its dominant position by…
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