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Google’s spam squeeze on media sites gets EU probe under tech gatekeeper law

By Lewis Crofts ( November 13, 2025, 10:45 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s policy of demoting news sites that carry sponsored content or run commercial tie-ins is the target of a new investigation under the EU’s rules for curbing the power of tech gatekeepers. The European Commission said it suspected Google’s “site reputation abuse policy” was in conflict with the Digital Markets Act, which safeguards neutral ranking and fair access to search engines. Google said the probe was “without merit” and risked undermining efforts to weed out spam.Google’s policy of demoting news sites that carry content from commercial partners is the target of a new investigation under the EU’s rules for curbing the power of tech gatekeepers....

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