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Part of situation: UOKiK antitrust investigation into Google (2 clusters)

UOKiK charges Google with abusing dominant position in Poland

UOKiK Google copyright directive media publishers antitrust investigation

The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has initiated proceedings against four companies within the Google group: Alphabet Inc, Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited, and Google Poland. The regulator alleges that Google is abusing its dominant market position regarding Polish media publishers.

The investigation centers on Google's failure to sign agreements with most Polish press publishers to regulate the use of their content and ensure appropriate remuneration. This obligation is mandated by the European Union's Digital Single Market (DSM) copyright directive. UOKiK also expressed concerns regarding the methods Google used during negotiations with publisher organizations.

If the allegations are proven, Google could face fines of up to 10 percent of its annual turnover, which would amount to billions of zlotys. UOKiK President Tomasz Chróstny stated that 'Big techy cannot place themselves above the law,' emphasizing that regulations require Google to provide publishers with necessary information to ensure fair compensation for the content used in search results and other services.

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Alphabet Inc · Google · Poland · Tomasz Chróstny · UOKiK

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Google pod ostrzałem UOKiK. Zarzuty wobec giganta [biznes.wprost.pl]
UOKiK postawiło zarzuty Google. "Podejrzenie nadużywania pozycji dominującej" [nczas.info]
Polish regulator suspects Google abused dominant position in publisher payment talks [srnnews.com]
Google może zapłacić w Polsce miliardy. UOKiK nie odpuszcza [superbiz.se.pl]
Polska uderza w amerykańskiego giganta. UOKiK bierze się za Google [dorzeczy.pl]
Google pod regulatornim povećalom u Poljskoj [www.poslovni.hr]
UOKiK postawił zarzuty Google dot. nadużywania dominującej pozycji wobec wydawców [www.press.pl]
Google w opałach. UOKiK stawia zarzuty [www.telepolis.pl]
UOKiK stawia zarzuty Google. Big techy nie mogą stawiać się ponad prawem [wykop.pl]
Google pod istragom u Poljskoj. "Velike tehnološke tvrtke ne mogu biti iznad zakona" [www.index.hr]