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Google faces EU pressure to share search data with competitors, threatening its AI and search dominance under Digital Markets Act rules.
Yahoo Finance AI · April 18, 2026
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- •The European Commission is requiring Google to share core search ranking and query data with rival search providers under the Digital Markets Act
- •The disputed data also powers Alphabet's AI models and chatbot products, making data access a critical competitive advantage
- •Alphabet is actively contesting the regulatory measures rather than complying voluntarily
- •The outcome will determine how much access third-party search engines and AI chatbots gain to data historically controlled within Alphabet's ecosystem
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