Google Told to Share Search Data With AI Rivals in EU Proposal

April 16, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC

The European Union proposed measures to open up key Google data to rival search engines, including artificial intelligence chatbots, as the bloc seeks to rein in the power of the biggest US technology companies.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, sent so-called preliminary findings to Alphabet Inc.’s Google to comply with the bloc’s flagship tech rules ahead of a final decision in late July, it said in a statement Thursday.

The proposed measures under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, or DMA, would give access to ranking, query, click and view data to enable third-party online search engines ...

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