Google Sued Over Searches as European Probes Advance

Google was sued in London by a U.K. Internet company for promoting its own maps over those of competitors in what it claimed was “Google’s cynical manipulation of search results.”

Streetmap, a provider of Internet maps, filed a complaint in London March 15, according to court records. Google’s actions have made its products “harder to find,” the U.K.-based company alleged. It’s at least the second such lawsuit filed against Google since June. Streetmap said its complaint mirrors an antitrust probe by the European Union into whether Google favors its own services over competitors in search results.