Google faces European probe into search engine

Google faces a new antitrust attack from EU regulators who allege the search engine skews results in its own favour and unfairly restricts rival online advertising platforms.

The European Commission sent the Alphabet unit two statements of objections yesterday, widening a five-year probe and increasing the risk of hefty fines for the US Internet giant.

Adding to an antitrust complaint over Google’s Android smartphone software earlier this year, EU regulators said they have “a broad range of additional evidence and data” Google systematically favours its own comparison-shopping service in its general search results.