UK Proposes Increased Regulatory Control Over Google Search
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\nBritain\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Tuesday its proposal to designate Google with \u201cstrategic market status,\u201d giving the regulator greater authority to oversee how the tech giant operates its search services in the UK, Dawn E-Paper reported.<\/p>\n
Google currently dominates the UK search market, accounting for over 90% of general search queries. Millions of users rely on Google as their primary gateway to the internet, and more than 200,000 UK businesses depend on Google search advertising to reach customers.<\/p>\n
The CMA\u2019s proposed measures aim to enhance competition by making it easier for users to access alternative search providers and ensuring fair ranking practices for businesses appearing in Google search results. The regulator also plans to increase transparency and control for publishers whose content appears on Google\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n
This designation would be the first under the UK\u2019s new Digital Markets Competition Regime, which grants the CMA expanded powers to promote innovation and protect consumers and businesses from unfair practices in digital markets.<\/p>\n
Google expressed concerns about the broad and unfocused scope of the CMA\u2019s considerations, warning that potential interventions are being contemplated without sufficient evidence, according to Oliver Bethell, Google\u2019s senior director for competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UK Proposes Increased Regulatory Control Over Google Search ————————– Britain\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Tuesday its proposal to designate Google with \u201cstrategic market status,\u201d giving the regulator greater authority to oversee how the tech giant operates its search services in the UK, Dawn E-Paper reported. Google currently dominates the UK search market, accounting …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2933],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"\n