Anti-cartel probe into Google Maps opened

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 22, 2022 12:13 am

BERLIN: Germany's anti-cartel watchdog said on Tuesday it had opened a probe into Google Maps over restrictions that might be giving it an unfair advantage over competitors.

'The proceeding is to examine possible anticompetitive restrictions imposed by [the] Google Maps Platform to the detriment of alternative map-services providers,' the western European nation's Federal Cartel Office said in a statement.

This June 9, 2020 file illustration photo shows the Google Maps application on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia. AFP PHOTO

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