UK Launches Probe Into Dominance Of Google Search

The investigation could lead to the US tech giant being handed "strategic market status"

By Channels Television

Updated January 14, 2025

This illustration photograph taken on December 22, 2023, shows the logo of US multinational technology and Internet-related services company Google displayed on a smartphone’s screen, in Frankfurt-am-Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Britain’s competition watchdog launched Tuesday an investigation into Google’s dominant position in the search engine market and its impacts on consumers and businesses.

The investigation could lead to the US tech giant being handed “strategic market status”, subjecting it to special requirements under new UK regulations, the Competition and Markets Authority said in a statement.

AFP