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Posted on February 10, 2025
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France's antitrust agency is investigating Microsoft over Bing access concerns, potentially leading to charges and fines. Microsoft is cooperating.
PARIS (Reuters) -France's antitrust agency is investigating Microsoft over concerns that it is degrading the quality of results when smaller rivals pay to use Bing technology in their own search-engine products.
"We are fully cooperating with the Autorite's investigation," a Microsoft spokesperson said, referring to the regulator's French name.
Bloomberg reported the investigation earlier on Monday. Microsoft, though not a major player in the general market, is a leader in the search-engine syndication sector.
The competition authority declined to comment.
The investigation could yield formal charges and a fine against the U.S. tech giant.
(Reporting by Makini Brice in Paris and Foo Yun Chee in BrusselsEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
The main topic is the French antitrust agency's investigation into Microsoft's Bing access and potential quality degradation for smaller rivals.
Microsoft is being investigated for allegedly degrading the quality of Bing search results for smaller companies using its technology.
The investigation could lead to formal charges and a fine against Microsoft if wrongdoing is found.
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