By Barbara Moens
Publication Date: 2025-11-12 16:52:00
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Brussels is planning a fresh investigation into Google’s parent company Alphabet over its ranking of news outlets in search results, even as Donald Trump threatens new tariffs over the EU’s digital rule book.
Two officials told the Financial Times that the European Commission was opening a probe into claims that Google demoted publishers carrying “third party” promotional content such as sponsored editorial articles, which media groups claim are key to their business model.
The commission, the EU’s top antitrust enforcer, was set to announce the new investigation on Thursday, though the timing could yet shift, the people said.
The new probe falls under the Digital Markets Act, which is designed to tackle the dominance of “digital gatekeepers” — the biggest online platforms. The law mandates that these large tech companies do not unfairly…
