Google Contends EU Gatekeeper Rules Could Harm End Users
- EU rules for dominant platforms to prevent abuse of power
- So-called Digital Services Act to be unveiled later this year
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Google, which recently increased advertising fees in the U.K. due to a new digital tax, warned that new European Union legislation could end up hurting users.
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, by the end of the year is set to unveil a Digital Services Act that will include new rules for “gatekeeper platforms,” or powerful online firms with dominant market positions that make it difficult for rivals to compete.