The UK's Competition Markets Authority has designated Google as having Strategic Market Status , meaning the company has substantial and entrenched market power. According to a new regulation filed on Friday , suggestions to fix this designation could change how the online search giant operates within the country.

Google also faces scrutiny in the US over its market share. A federal judge stopped short of ordering the firm broken up earlier this year in a lawsuit over its search business. In another case, a different judge determined the company was operating a monopoly in its advertising business .

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Since Google has a dominant position in online search in the UK,

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