Google warned that ‘punitive regulations’ could prevent UK consumers from having early access to its latest innovations.

The Google logo at the entrance to the Google offices in London on Jan. 18, 2019. Hannah McKay/Reuters

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Britain’s competition regulator said it could force Google to change how it ranks search results.
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is proposing to designate Alphabet-owned Google with “strategic market status,” it said on Tuesday.

Owen Evans is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in civil liberties and free speech.


