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Google Challenges EU Orders to Open Up to AI, Search Rivals, Citing Privacy Concerns
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Firstpost•29-09-2026, 11:49
Google Challenges EU Orders to Open Up to AI, Search Rivals, Citing Privacy Concerns
- •Google has challenged two EU orders requiring it to share data with AI rivals like OpenAI and search engine competitors, arguing it would compromise user privacy and security.
- •The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) mandates Google to allow rivals access to services available to its Gemini AI model, aiming to curb Big Tech's dominance.
- •Google filed its appeals with the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second-highest court, on Monday.
- •Oliver Bethell, Google's senior director of competition, stated that sharing private search history without sufficient anonymization and weakening Android's security protections would cause irreversible harm.
- •The European Commission, which enforces the DMA, maintains that the measures include robust safeguards for user privacy, device integrity, and security, a stance supported by privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo.
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Google has challenged EU orders requiring it to share search data and open its Android operating system to AI competitors, arguing that the compliance measures would undermine user privacy, lack sufficient anonymisation, and weaken vital security protections.
Google filed its legal challenges against the European Commission's decisions at the Luxembourg-based General Court, which serves as Europe's second-highest court.
The EU's Digital Markets Act orders require Google to share search data—including query, click, ranking, and viewing information—with rival search engines and AI chatbots, and to open 11 features on Android so users can utilize competing AI assistants.
