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Friday, 01 April 2011 10:26 |
Microsoft says it is filing a complaint against Google with European Union competition regulators, adding to an exiting probe into whether the search engine discriminates against competitors.In a blog post Thursday, Microsoft's General Counsel Brad Smith claims Google has engaged in a "broadening pattern of walling off access to content and data that competitors need to provide search results to consumers and to attract advertisers."
The European Commission launched an investigation into how Google lists competitors in its search results in November, following complaints from several smaller Web companies, including Ciao, a Microsoft subsidiary.
Google said it wasn't surprised by Microsoft's move since one of their subsidiaries was one of the original complainants.
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