Google search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU

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Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by EU Commission enforcers of the bloc’s flagship market contestability law, who have been investigating the company for months.

We reached out to Google to ask whether it will be making any changes to how it operates its business in the EU following the Commission’s findings.

It also issued preliminary findings against Apple’s App Store for breaches of the DMA provisions last summer, so the findings pertaining to Google’s business follow other DMA enforcement actions against other tech giants.

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Author / Journalist: Natasha Lomas

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesMaliOman

Topics: Commerce Apps Google play dma Google search sma Google dma

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News Sentiment: Negative

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Published On: 2025-03-19 @ 16:32:02 (11 hours ago)

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News Source URL: techcrunch.com

Language: English

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Sentences: 30 lines

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