GOOGLE WARNED BY EU TO MAKE CHANGES OR FACE FINE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 14:12

Google will face formal charges if it fails to come up with a suitable plan to give equal prominence to rival search engines, the EU has warned.

There have so far been three attempts to solve the long-running dispute.

Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia told a European parliamentary committee that the next logical step would be to issue a statement of objection, including formal charges.

Google said that it continued to work with the EU.

The company is accused of abusing its dominant position in Europe, where it accounts for 90% of search traffic.
Improvement needed

The dispute has been running since 2010 when rivals, including British price-comparison site Foundem, complained about the way it displayed results.

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