Google faces fresh European Union antitrust probe over search advertising costs
The EU is investigating Google for allegedly rigging search advertisement prices. This fresh antitrust probe focuses on whether the firm manipulated costs.
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The European Union has opened an antitrust investigation into Google, which is operated by Alphabet Inc. , over concerns that the company is illegally rigging the cost of advertising on its search engine. The probe specifically targets pricing practices for search ads, which are central to the company’s advertising operations. This investigation falls under the regulatory oversight of the European Union, which is examining the manipulation of search-ad pricing within the search advertising sector.
