Google Faces Antitrust Issues in Europe

Google faces the possibility of an antitrust lawsuit in Europe, where the company has a 90 percent monopoly on search. On behalf of the European commission, head of competition policy Joaquin Almunia sent a letter to Google asking them to change their search results and advertising rules or else be taken to court and possibly fined, according to a report by the Guardian.

Google faces the possibility of an antitrust lawsuit in Europe, where the company has a 90 percent monopoly on search. On behalf of the European commission, head of competition policy Joaquin Almunia sent a letter to Google asking them to change their search results and advertising rules or else be taken to court and possibly fined, according to a report by the Guardian.


In the letter, Almunia complained that Google’s search results favor its own products, that it copies content from rival sites to display in the search results, that advertisers can’t export details of their Google ad campaigns, and that rival advertisers are not allowed to display ads on properties that Google controls.

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