Big Tech faces ban from favouring own services under EU rules

The commission’s antitrust arm has previously sought to tackle some of the issues highlighted in the document, including through several cases against Google. — Bloomberg

Big tech firms could be banned from preferencing their own services in search rankings or exclusively pre-installing their own applications on devices, under new regulations planned by the European Union.

As part of the EU’s Digital Services Act, platforms with power to control could also have to share customer data with business rivals, according to internal draft documents obtained by Bloomberg.