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TECHNOLOGY
Google Rebuts Europe on Antitrust Charges
By MARK SCOTTAUG. 27, 2015
Google on Thursday rejected claims from the European Union’s
top antitrust official that the company favored some of its own search results
over those of rivals, saying there was significant competition in the region’s
online search market and that the company’s services increased choice for local
consumers.
The company’s response, which was submitted to the European
Commission Thursday afternoon, is the latest chapter in a long investigation
into the Silicon Valley technology giant, which would face fines worth billions
of dollars if it is found to have broken the European Union’s antitrust rules.
Margrethe Vestager, the Europe Union’s antitrust chief, laid
out charges against Google in April, highlighting how the region’s authorities
believe that Google has abused its dominance in web searches to benefit some of
its own services. The company holds a roughly 90 percent share in Europe’s
search market, compared with around 65 percent in the United States.
Ms. Vestager, a Danish politician who has been in the post
for less than a year, has also said that the European Union is investigating
Google over the dominance of its Android smartphone software, which is used by
almost three-quarters of Europe’s smartphone users, according to the data
provider IDC.
In a blog post on Thursday, Kent Walker, Google’s general
counsel, rebuffed accusations that the company’s activities had reduced online
competition.
He said that multiple rivals — including big American
companies like Amazon and eBay — continued to compete against Google for online
search requests. He added that instead of reducing competition, Google sent
roughly 20 billion referrals to other Internet companies in Europe over the
last decade, leading to a 227 percent increase in web traffic to those sites.
Mr. Walker also said Google’s searches provided individuals
with tailored — and specific — results for their online queries. Any attempt to
alter how the company offered its search results could harm the quality and
relevance of these queries, he warned. He did not comment about Europe’s
investigation into Android.
“We believe that the statement of objection’s preliminary
conclusions are wrong as a matter of fact, law and economics,” said Mr. Walker,
in reference to the European Commission’s official charge sheet, or statement
of objections.
“Our search engine is
designed to provide the most relevant results and most useful ads for any
query,” he added. “Users and advertisers benefit when we do this well. So does
Google.”
Source : http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/technology/google-eu-competition.html?ref=technology&_r=0
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