Exclusive: French antitrust investigators say Google breached its orders on talks with news publishers - sources


FILE PHOTO The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering Viva Techin Paris France May 16 2019. REUTERSCharles Platiau

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - French antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet Inc's Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority's orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, two sources who read the investigators' report said.

In the 93-page report, known as a statement of objections, the investigators wrote that Google's failure to comply was of an exceptionally serious nature, the sources said.

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