The European Union says:

Google Search and Play Store Mobile App Marketplace are suspected of violating the European Union Digital Markets Law (DMA), according to the preliminary results it announced on Wednesday by the refugee perpetrators of the Bloc’s leading market, who were investigating the company for several months.

DMA has a handful of technology giants, an alphabet (parents from Google). Google’s business has been under investigation by the European Union since then March 2024Shortly after the system start.

DMA’s confirmed violations can attract penalties up to 10 % of the global annual rotation rates, so the risks are high for Google – although it is important to note that the European Union has not reached a final conclusion regarding this investigation yet.

The initial results of the European Union on Google are two parts: one related to Google research, where the commission perpetrators believe that Google penetrates the DMA requirements not to deal with its own services more than competitors “(also known as the self -creation ban).

The European Union wrote in a press release.

“More specifically, Alphabet provides more prominent services compared to others by displaying them at the top of Google’s search results or on custom spaces, with improved visual formats and liquidation mechanisms.”

The second discovery of the Google mobile app, the Play Store, is suspected of that Google is suspected of violating DMA by preventing application developers from directing consumers freely to other IE Google channels for better offers.

The committee wrote: “Technically prevents the alphabet, certain aspects of guidance, for example, by preventing application developers from directing customers to the offers and distribution channels they choose.”

“While Alphabet can get fees to facilitate the initial acquisition of a new customer by Google Play Applications, the drawings that Alphabet receives exceeds what is justified.

The European Union had been targeted by Apple on the rules A year ago After a long investigation in the competition in the music broadcast market on the previous DMA.

It also released preliminary results against the Apple App Store for DMA provisions Last summerConsequently, the results related to Google follow other DMA enforcement procedures Other technology giants. Nevertheless, in all cases, the European Union has not yet contacted the final decisions.

While I made Google A series of changes How to run it to search and play in the European Union in response to the entry of DMA into effect, the committee does not believe that this has gone far enough.

The assembly and research sites were competing with Google Voice in particular In the complaint that the company’s changes have reached an attempt to circumvent the DMA ban on self -preference by the research giant, which puts new ways to use its hegemony in the research to compete unresolved with their offers.

Commenting on the preliminary results of the European Union in a statement, Theresa Ribera, the EVP committee responsible for competition issues, said: “The initial results that we adopt today aim to ensure adherence to the alphabet to the rules of the European Union when it comes to two services that are widely used by companies and consumers across the European Union, and Google inspection.

“In the first case, our initial view is that Alphabet violates the Digital Market Law by preferring its own products over the search results page in Google, which means that suppliers and competitors do not benefit from fair arrangement practices in practices in the second case.

“Let me be clear: our focus is on the culture of compliance with the Digital Markets Law.

We have contacted Google to ask if it will make any changes to how to run its work in the European Union after the committee’s results. A spokeswoman for the company did not interact with our question – referring instead to a Blog post It was released to coincide with the European Union’s announcement of preliminary breach results.

In the blog post, the company places in DMA – claiming that the changes that are forced to do so by the European Union will harm consumers and companies, and “obstructing innovation”, as it places.

“The results of the committee requires us to make more changes on how to show certain types of search results, which makes it difficult for people to find what they are looking for and reduce traffic to European companies,” also claimed Oliver Bethel, the first manager, competition, Google, in the post.

Bethell also warned that the European Union perpetrators are pushing changes on the Google Android Play store, which will show Europeans “malware and fraud from bad applications”.

(I) We cannot protect our users from the malicious links that take our users outside A safe play environmentThen the committee is then forced us to choose between a closed model and an unsafe model. ”

Likewise, if we cannot impose reasonable fees to support the continuous development of the Android system and the playing services that we provide, we cannot invest in an open platform indicating billions of phones around the world, which only helps those who cannot spend 1000 euros on the latest installment. “

“We will continue to deal with the committee and comply with its rules.

Regarding what happens after that, Google will have an opportunity to analyze the results of the European Union in detail and formulate a response. Consequently, the results of the investigation must be seen-the decision to comply with (and a large fine) is the possibilities, if the European Union ends with its initial view that the technology giant does not adhere to the rules. On an equal footing, the committee can be affected by the materials that Google places in its defense.

Or, in fact, before Political pressure This is brought to the rule of the law of Europe from the Atlantic Ocean.