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title: "EU’s Latest Action Against Google Is a Harmful Expansion of DMA, Says ITIF"
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  Following the European Commission’s issuance of two binding specification measures requiring Google to give third-party AI assistants equal access to key Android features and to share with third-party rivals, including AI chatbots, the same user data it uses to optimize its search service, ITIF released the following statement from Daniel Castro.
date: "2026-07-16"
content_type: "Press Releases"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2026/07/16/eu-latest-action-against-google-harmful-expansion-dma-says-itif/"
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# EU’s Latest Action Against Google Is a Harmful Expansion of DMA, Says ITIF

WASHINGTON—Following the European Commission’s [issuance](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1634) of two binding specification measures requiring Google to give third-party AI assistants equal access to key Android features and to share with third-party rivals, including AI chatbots, the same user data it uses to optimize its search service, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statement from President [Daniel Castro](https://itif.org/person/daniel-castro/):

> *The Commission’s actions show that it continues to use the DMA aggressively against leading American tech companies at a time when the United States and Europe should be working together to strengthen their shared technological leadership in the face of growing competition from China.*

> *Instead of using the DMA to address clear competition problems, the Commission is turning it into a tool for dictating how successful technology companies must design and operate their products. That goes far beyond the law’s stated purpose.*

> *The Commission is also using the DMA to reach into fast-moving AI markets, even though policymakers never designed the law to regulate how AI products compete. By stretching the DMA into areas that were not its intended focus, the Commission is effectively making AI policy on the fly.*

> *Whether competing AI services should receive greater access to mobile operating systems or search-related data is a policy question that lawmakers should debate openly, not one that should be decided through an expansive interpretation of existing competition law. Such mandates also create difficult tradeoffs involving privacy, security, and innovation that deserve careful consideration.*

> *If the Commission continues to expand the DMA in ways that disproportionately burden American technology companies, U.S. policymakers will face growing pressure to consider responding under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and other available trade tools.*

Contact: Sydney Mack, [smack@itif.org](mailto:smack@itif.org) 

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2026/07/16/eu-latest-action-against-google-harmful-expansion-dma-says-itif/*