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This year, “search neutrality” has become the rallying cry of activists who believe that Google has too much power to decide which internet sites are granted the attention that comes with a high search ranking, and which are consigned to outer darkness.
Some critics are also calling for regulators to have closer oversight of Google’s core technology, to make sure no bias is at work. “We are asking it to open its algorithm to the Federal cartel office,” says Echkard Bremer, the lawyer representing German publishers.