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DuckDuckGo calls for EU to widen its Digital Markets Act probe of Google

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has urged the European Union to widen its Digital Markets Act (DMA) investigation into Google, claiming the

In a blog post published Wednesday, DuckDuckGo Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Kamyl Bazbaz set out several fresh charges, starting with accusing Google of a self-serving narrow interpretation of a DMA requirement to avoid sharing “click-and-query” data that could help competitors. However while this year has seen a raft of changes made by platforms, which they claim as DMA compliance, many of their competitors remain unimpressed, accusing Big Tech of theatrics to try to avoid actually complying with the spirit of the law and piling pressure on the Commission to intervene. Discussing the impact of the Google search choice screen on DuckDuckGo’s regional market share, Bazbaz told TechCrunch it is “definitely” seeing an increase in downloads on Android devices as a result of an improved design following the DMA coming into force.

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