South African Watchdog Says Google's Ad Practices Distort Digital Market Competition

South Africa's Competition Commission, which has been probing online markets for over a year, has provisionally found that Google's paid search results distort competition, making it a "de facto monopolist" in general search. The competition watchdog said in a statement the prevalence of Google's paid search at the top of the search results page "without adequate iden...

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