The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into Google’s handling of site reputation abuse, raising concerns that the rules may be unfair to news organisations and other online publishers. The Commission announced on Thursday that preliminary findings indicate that Google may be demoting publishers in search results when their pages contain content created by commercial partners.

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Regulators warned that such actions could disrupt a “legitimate and widely used” revenue model that many publishers use to monetise their websites. The inquiry will look into whether Google’s enforcement of this policy limits publishers’ ability to run their businesses, collaborate with third-party content providers, or develop new commercial strat

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