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Comment: Fair treatment, not algorithm, at stake in EU’s escalation of Google probe

By Matthew Newman and Lewis Crofts ( April 15, 2015, 15:46 GMT | Comment) -- The EU’s top antitrust enforcer escalated a high-profile investigation into Google today, turning her back on years of attempted tinkering with its search page and urging the company to introduce “principles” to ensure it doesn’t give its own services unfair preference. Margrethe Vestager said the door was open to a settlement, but Google stressed its “strong” disagreement with the formal antitrust charges, signaling a tough fight ahead.The EU’s top antitrust enforcer escalated a high-profile investigation into Google today, turning her back on years of attempted tinkering with its search page and urging the company to introduce “principles” to ensure it doesn’t give its own services unfair preference....

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