Question for written answer  E-002492/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christel Schaldemose (S&D), Stine Bosse (Renew)

Google has launched its new AI Overview. This means that Google itself decides what is displayed when people do Google searches.

Google controls critical infrastructure and flows of information.

The media depends on Search traffic, and that traffic will be drastically reduced by AI Overview, which gives the user a full answer. What’s more, Google can design/manipulate its answers as it sees fit, thereby directly influencing children, young people and citizens in general, and promoting its own narratives. Studies show that chatbots have shifted to the right since January 2025.

What is the Commission’s view on this, and is it in line with the Digital Services Act?

Submitted: 20.6.2025

Last updated: 30 June 2025