ICLE Research Cited in New University on EU Google Fine Under Digital Markets Act

The UC Irvine student newspaper New University cited ICLE research in a piece on the European Commission’s fine against Google for violations of the Digital Markets Act. The article drew on ICLE’s analysis of self-preferencing by digital platforms, referencing ICLE findings that empirical studies have not identified systematic consumer harm from a company favoring its own services.

Read the full piece here. Read the ICLE research here.

Not every economist agrees that bans like this one are the right tool. Research the International Center for Law & Economics argues that empirical studies of digital platforms have found no systematic harm to consumers from a company favoring its own services, pointing to similar debates over Amazon’s competition with third-party sellers and Google’s earlier integration of Photos.