European
Union lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a motion urging antitrust
regulators to get tough on Google and other Internet search engines over
allegations of biased search results.
The
resolution was passed with 384 votes for versus 174 against and is the
strongest public signal of Europe's concern with the growing power of
U.S. tech giants
The
resolution did not mention Google or any specific search engine, though
Google is by far the dominant provider of such services in Europe with
an estimated 90 percent market share.
The
lawmakers called on the Commission, in charge of enforcing fair
competition in the European Union, to consider proposals with the aim of
unbundling search engines from other commercial services.
Google is the target of a
four-year investigation by the European Commission, triggered by
complaints from Microsoft, Expedia, European publishers and others that
it promotes its services at their expense.
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