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# EU sends Alphabet preliminary DMA findings over Search and Play rules
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-19-eu-dma-preliminary-findings-alphabet/
- Published: 2025-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:30.000Z
- Description: The European Commission sent Alphabet preliminary findings on 19 March 2025. It found Google Search favours its own services and Google Play blocks developers from steering users elsewhere, breaching the DMA.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Commission press release, 19 March 2025](https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-sends-preliminary-findings-alphabet-under-digital-markets-act-2025-03-19%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This is not a final infringement decision or fine; the findings are preliminary and Alphabet can still respond before any binding ruling.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)