STANDING BY ITS PRACTICES: Although it may be the most used search engine, Google insists people can now find and access information in numerous different ways and thus allegations of harmful effects are inaccurate.
SAN FRANCISCO: Google dismissed European Union charges that it abused its dominant position as Europe’s top search engine, downplaying its role as gatekeeper of the Internet.
The European Commission, whose formal charges could impose a fine in excess of US$6bil (RM22.04bil) against the Mountain View, California-based company, also plans to open a separate anti-trust investigation into Google’s Android operating system, which dominates the global mobile phone market.
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