{"id":20405,"date":"2025-10-10T12:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/google-given-special-status-by-watchdog-that-could-force-it-to-change-uk-search\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:37:34","slug":"google-given-special-status-by-watchdog-that-could-force-it-to-change-uk-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/google-given-special-status-by-watchdog-that-could-force-it-to-change-uk-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Google given special status by watchdog that could force it to change UK search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMA puts Google under tighter regulation with \u2018strategic market status\u2019 designation and can enforce changes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2025\/oct\/10\/uk-wage-growth-slows-worker-demand-argentina-rescue-bessent-stock-markets-business-live-news\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) confirmed that Google has \u201cstrategic market status\u201d (SMS) in search and search advertising, a term that means the company has such market power that it requires a special regulatory regime.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/10\/google-given-special-status-by-watchdog-that-could-force-it-to-change-uk-search\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b7b03c1c42171d9fb98477f4065f72cac9abc166\/400_0_4208_3366\/master\/4208.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e39bffcde24e9780e1354494fcc8e98d\" title=\"Google given special status by watchdog that could force it to change UK search\" \/>CMA puts Google under tighter regulation with \u2018strategic market status\u2019 designation and can enforce changes<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nGoogle faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation.<br \/>\nThe Competition and Market Authority (CMA) confirmed that Google has \u201cstrategic market status\u201d (SMS) in search and search advertising, a term that means the company has such market power that it requires a special regulatory regime. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMA puts Google under tighter regulation with \u2018strategic market status\u2019 designation and can enforce changes Business live \u2013 latest updates Google faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation. The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) confirmed that Google &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/google-given-special-status-by-watchdog-that-could-force-it-to-change-uk-search\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google given special status by watchdog that could force it to change UK search<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}