EU launches huge Google anti-trust probe
8:37 AM Wednesday Dec 1, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink BRUSSELS – Europe launched a full-frontal attack on internet king Google, formally opening an antitrust probe after rivals accused the Silicon Valley giant of rigging the online search market. European Union competition watchdogs announced their investigation, after smaller companies accused Google of “unfavourable treatment” of their services in both unpaid and sponsored search results, the crucial listings that make the web navigable. Competition authorities are also probing whether Google’s own services – including YouTube video, book-scanning or telephony – are getting “preferential…
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