Thread: European Parliament wants Google broken up
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Old 11-23-2014, 10:12 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Reuters offers more context:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0J525V20141121



Turns out the resolution is broader than just Google:



That phrasing would hit any website with built-in search, like Amazon and Apple, Yahoo and XBOX LIVE. A9 and Bing would also be impacted. On purpose, apparently:

The amazing thing about this is that it has been Microsoft that has been one of the biggest cheerleaders in the EU for having Google broken up. It sounds like this resolution would harm them as well (although not to the extent that it would Google).

I'm still not clear what they hope to gain by breaking up Google. Aside from being big and an American company (both of which aren't illegal), what is the issue that they're trying to solve?
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