Italy's Competition Authority Launches Investigation of Google

Italy's competition authority AGCM said it had launched an investigation against Google for suspected abuse of its dominant position in data portability, an accusation the Alphabet unit denied. The watchdog said in a statement that Google allegedly hindered interoperability with other platforms, particularly with Weople, an app by Italian operator Hoda, which could "constrain the economic benefits that consumers can derive from their data" and limit competition.