Under scrutiny: Google under investigation for alleged breach of EU competition rules Photo: GETTY The investigation comes under the Lisbon Treaty’s “abuse of dominant position” powers and is the first time that Google has been targeted by the European Union. Telegraph.co.uk can reveal that the Commission has written to Google with a series of questions over how its search functions operate and also questioned the way it sells advertising. It acted after complaints from the UK search site Foundem, a price comparison site, Ciao, an online shopping site owned by Microsoft, and ejustice.fr, a French site which details legal cases and solicitor services.   Related Articles We?ll make YouTube profitable, pledges Google boss EU tells music industry to end restrictions on downloads Intel faces biggest ever EU competition fine Google Street View cleared over privacy concerns by Information Commissioner Websites should back Phorm as it could be the answer to monetising the internet Foundem claims that Google, which has a 90pc share of the search market in the UK, has penalised the site with a “search penalty” on its business.[Read more...]