US rivals behind EU push to force Google to fix search results


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 28 Jun 2017

The Google sign is reflected in a rain puddle outside their offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

It’s not only the European Union that has it out for Google. 

Seven large US tech companies had written to the EU’s antitrust watchdog urging it to go ahead with what ended up being a record fine on the world’s most-used search engine for obstructing competition and “stifling innovation.” 

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