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German cartel office ends proceedings against Google News Showcase

German cartel office ends proceedings against Google News Showcase

BERLIN, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Germany’s cartel office has concluded proceedings against Google over its online news service after the tech giant made several changes benefiting publishers, the office said on Wednesday. The office said Google had abandoned plans to integrate the Google News Showcase into general searches and changed its contractual practice to make sure publishers do not face difficulties in asserting their ancillary copyright in response to its concerns. A publisher’s… Source link

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German cartel office steps up examination of Google products

BERLIN, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Germany’s cartel office said it was examining Google’s use of personal data and its Google News Showcase product under its new powers to regulate internet companies, and was also considering cases involving Amazon, Apple and Facebook owner Meta. The regulator said on Wednesday it had determined that Google’s owner Alphabet met the scale threshold required for a company to be subject to new extended supervisory powers to regulate large internet companies that it… Source link

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