Tomorrow, the European Commission is expected to “provide further details on how it plans to make European companies more competitive online, while also making it easier to shop online and stream movies across borders,” Techworld reports. The commission is especially concerned with “the growing power of U.S. tech companies (that) provide the search, app store, e-commerce and social media platforms on which many online businesses rely,” the report states. According to leaked documents, the commission is going to probe such platforms—particularly the transparency of search results. While Google is reportedly the focus, other tech companies including Skype, WhatsApp and Netflix, may also be scrutinized as the commission aims to review regulations to adapt them to such services.
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