European Union: Announced European Commission investigation into Google for alleged abusive online advertising practices
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Announced European Commission investigation into Google for alleged abusive online advertising practices
On 14 July 2016, the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections to Google regarding Google's alleged abuse of dominance regarding Google AdSense. Specifically, Google allegedly required its partners to exclusively use Google AdSense and pl…
Scope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2016-07-14
under deliberation
2019-03-20
in force