The European Union has initiated legal proceedings against Google for violating the Digital Markets Act.

PANews reported on January 27th that, according to CCTV News, the European Commission issued a statement announcing the initiation of two compliance procedures today to urge Google to fulfill its obligations under the Digital Markets Act. These procedures formally require the Commission to engage in regulatory dialogue with Google regarding its compliance with two obligations under the Digital Markets Act. The first phase of the hearings concerns Google's obligation under Article 6, Paragraph 7 of the Direct Marketing Act, which mandates providing third-party developers with free and effective interoperability with the hardware and software functions controlled by Google's Android operating system. The second phase of the proceedings concerns Google's obligation under Article 6, Paragraph 11 of the Direct Marketing Act, which mandates providing third-party online search engine providers with its anonymized ranking, query, click, and browsing data on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms. The European Commission will complete its investigation within six months of initiating the procedures. Within the next three months, the Commission will inform Google of its preliminary findings and draft measures to be taken against Google to ensure its effective compliance with the Direct Marketing Act.