Germany Initiates Proceeding Against Google s News Showcase Service
MOUNTAIN VIEW (dpa-AFX) - Germany s competition authority has initiated a proceeding against Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL, GOOG) and its affiliates Google to examine under competition law the Google News Showcase service offered by the company.
Google News Showcase is a Google service which offers the possibility to present news content from publishers in a prominent and more detailed way. Google has made the service available to a number of German publishers. In October 2020 Google had announced the launch of its Google News Showcase service in Germany.
In the past months, apart from the proceeding against Google, the authority Bundeskartellamt had already initiated proceedings against Facebook and Amazon based on the new competition law tool.