Google given special status by watchdog that could force it to change UK search
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#70NJS)
CMA puts Google under tighter regulation with strategic market status' designation and can enforce changes
Google faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) confirmed that Google has strategic market status" (SMS) in search and search advertising, a term that means the company has such market power that it requires a special regulatory regime.
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