EU order for Google search data draws concerns technical and political
By Nicholas Hirst ( July 16, 2026, 18:19 GMT | Comment) -- Google has said an EU order mandating the sharing of search data with rivals puts user privacy at risk. Behind the scenes, critics compare the decision, which fleshes out a provision of the EU's Digital Markets Act, to unfair competition and expropriation. The Trump administration in the US lobbied hard for the tech giant but its objections fell on deaf ears.Instructions to Google this week on how to implement the EU’s Digital Markets Act don't entail any fines. And yet they have proved a lighting rod for objections and lobbying from the search giant and the US government. ...
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