Google faces stricter regulation in UK over search dominance


The Google logo is seen outside the company's offices in London, Britain, June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

LONDON (Reuters) -Google could be forced to change its search operations in the UK after it became the first company subject to new powers from Britain's competition regulator to tackle the dominance of Big Tech.

Competition regulators have long had Alphabet-owned Google in their sights and Britain's landmark ruling on Friday designating Google as having strategic market status in online search, gives the UK's regulator more power to step in.

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