Google has challenged two European Union orders designed to give rival search engines and artificial intelligence developers greater access to its services and search data. The company filed its appeals with the EU’s General Court on Monday.
EU regulators issued the orders in July under the Digital Markets Act, which sets competition obligations for major technology platforms. The measures concern access to services available to Google’s Gemini AI model and to search data that could help competing search engines. The changes are due to take effect next year.
Google argues that the requirements could expose sensitive search queries without sufficient anonymisation and weaken security protections on Android devices. It says complying with the orders in their current form could harm European users’ privacy and security.
The European Commission disputes that assessment, saying the measures include safeguards for user privacy, device integrity and security. Rival search provider DuckDuckGo has backed the EU’s approach, arguing that the anonymisation framework is strong enough to protect users.
The legal challenge puts the scope of the EU’s technology competition rules before the court. The orders have been contested, but no ruling on Google’s appeals has been announced.
