French antitrust agency probing Microsoft over Bing access

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French antitrust agency probing

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over

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access

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headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a suburb southwest of Paris, France on January 13, 2025. 

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France’s antitrust agency is investigating 

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 over concerns that it is degrading the quality of results when smaller rivals pay to use

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technology in their own search-engine products.

“We are fully cooperating with the Autorite’s investigation,” a

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spokesperson said, referring to the regulator’s French name.

Bloomberg reported the investigation earlier on Monday. 

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, 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.

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