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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Martyn Landi

Competition regulator to examine Google services under new digital market laws

Google’s search services are being examined by the CMA (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

The UK’s competition regulator has launched its first investigation under new digital markets rules to examine the position of Google’s search services in the sector.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its investigation would look to establish whether Google’s search and search advertising services should be designated with strategic market status (SMS).

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