European politicians and advocacy groups say the region’s legislation will not dismantle the monopolies of Big Tech companies.

Google has told the technology branch of the EU's European Commission that it will not comply with a new fact-checking law to counter disinformation that Republicans have argued amounts to "censorship.

The EU has also investigated Google’s approach to its Android operating system after several complaints were lodged about how their phones made it difficult for Google Play alternatives to be installed. The decision, written in 2018, fined Google a record of almost €5 billion .

After Mark Zuckerberg's big announcement that Meta will no longer fact check, Google is also sending a message to the European Union: The search giant is opting out of a new EU law that requires fact checks.

A group of 18 former European heads of state have called on the European Commission to break up Google’s highly lucrative advertising-technology business, claiming it erodes Europe’s media landscape.

Google will not be adding fact checks to its search results or YouTube videos in Europe, flouting an EU law that requires it

New EU regulations call for Google to include fact-checking results alongside Google and Youtube searches. Google is refusing to meet the guidelines.

Google snubs EU's voluntary code of practice on disinformation before it becomes legally binding under the Digital Services Act

First-day executive orders signed by the new US president could make it impossible for thousands of EU businesses and public bodies to use US cloud providers such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon without breaching EU privacy.

If the trend becomes entrenched, the Commission would need to reconsider its fact-checking demands, a source told Euractiv

Microsoft has joined CISPE only months after the trade association agreed not to pursue the anti-trust complaint it filed with the European Commission in 2022.