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Landmark EU Tech Rules Holding Back Innovation, Google Says (reuters.com)

(Tuesday July 01, 2025 @05:20PM (msmash) from the tussle-continues dept.)


Google will tell European Union antitrust regulators Tuesday that the bloc's Digital Markets Act is [1]stifling innovation and harming European users and businesses . The tech giant faces charges under the DMA for allegedly favoring its own services like Google Shopping, Google Hotels, and Google Flights over competitors. Potential fines could reach 10% of Google's global annual revenue.

Google lawyer Clare Kelly will address a European Commission workshop, arguing that compliance changes have forced Europeans to pay more for travel tickets while airlines, hotels, and restaurants report losing up to 30% of direct booking traffic.



[1] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/landmark-eu-tech-rules-holding-back-innovation-google-says-2025-07-01/


Turns out legislation works! (Score:1)

by wileeam ( 7064233 )

So Google is telling the EU that abiding by a legislation that increases competition is not good for... the competition?

How is Google concluding that increasing competition leads to "worse online products and experiences for EU citizens? As a gatekeeper as per the DMA, where's the data?

Looks to me that Google is afraid of having to innovate again to compete.

The 2020's version (Score:2)

by dskoll ( 99328 )

"This will stifle innovation!!" is the 2020s version of "Think of the children!!!"

Transparent bullshit. The USA is a lost cause, but maybe the rest of the world can stand up to the oligarchs.

"Oops," Says MPAA President

Recently, the United States filed a legal brief in support of the MPAA's
argument that linking to the DeCSS source code is not protected by the
First Amendment.

At the time, the MPAA was ecstatic. But not any longer. The tables have
turned: the Federal government has filed a lawsuit against the movie
industry, arguing that many Hollywood-produced movies 'link' to illegal
content. The MPAA is now desperately wrapping itself up in the Bill of
Rights.

"Murder is illegal. Showing a murder in a movie -- or, rather, 'linking'
to it -- is also illegal," explained a spokesperson for the Coalition Of
Angry Soccer Moms In Support Of Brow-Beating Movie Industry Executives, an
interest group that has backed the government's lawsuit.