From Yahoo Finance: 2025-06-03 12:31:00

Qwant has asked France’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft for allegedly impacting the quality of its search engine results via Bing. The French regulator will decide by September whether to take interim action or open a formal investigation. Competition enforcers only intervene if there is evidence of market power abuse causing harm. Microsoft denies the complaint and cooperates with the investigation. Smaller European search engines rely on bigger rivals for technology. Companies risk fines up to 10% of global turnover for antitrust violations. Microsoft’s dominance in search syndication raises concerns for smaller competitors.



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