Google parent Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) is reportedly facing new regulatory scrutiny in Europe, amid a battle between the EU and the Trump administration over fines on U.S. companies.
The European Commission (the antitrust enforcer of the European Union) is planning a new investigation into Alphabet over its ranking of news sources in search results, the Financial Times reported.
The probe focuses on claims that Google downranked publishers with third-party editorial content such as “sponsored articles,” according to the report.
Companies that violate Europe’s Digital Markets Act face fines that can reach to 10% of global revenues.
The move is an indication that, after previously fining Google billions of euros, the EU will continue enforcing the DMA despite the Trump administration raising the specter of using tariffs in response to fines that it calls “a form of taxation.”