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Google faces 5 billion pound UK lawsuit for abusing dominance in online search
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Google is being sued in the UK for £5 billion, accused of abusing its dominance in online search by pre-installing its services on devices.
LONDON (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google is being sued in Britain for potential damages worth about 5 billion pounds ($6.64 billion) alleging the company abused its dominant market position in the online search industry.
The case argues that Google has been shutting out competition through contracting phone makers to pre-install Google Search and the Chrome browser on Android devices and paying Apple to make it the default search engine on iPhones.
The claim also alleges that Google has ensured its search engine offers better functionality and more features for Google's own advertising offering than that of its competitors.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
($1 = 0.7526 pounds)
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru and Paul Sandle in London; Editing by Varun H K and Catarina Demony)
The main topic is Google's £5 billion lawsuit in the UK over alleged abuse of its dominant position in the online search market.
Google is accused of shutting out competition by pre-installing its search and browser on Android devices and paying Apple to be the default search engine.
The lawsuit is worth approximately £5 billion, equivalent to $6.64 billion.
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