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Originally Posted by Antonio
"Under EU law, very large market shares raise a presumption that a firm is dominant.... If a firm has a dominant position, then there is "a special responsibility not to allow its conduct to impair competition on the common market.
A refusal to supply a facility which is essential for all businesses attempting to compete to use can constitute an abuse."
Makes perfect sense to me - as for whether it's fair or not, I'd say Brussels bitch-slapping Google is perfectly fair.
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Also consider that this is the new face of americain colonialism.
Google, an american company, controls how people acces information and even what information people get to see. Under international convention and laws, interferring or controling any nation's essential communications (gouvernement, etc) is considered an act of espionage. Interferiance or control of the communications of the populace of another nation is considered an act of war.
I think what is happening right now is many gouvernments are trying to find ways to push back against it. They are just searching for a way to do it with out a direct confrontation with the United States