Update: Google to Make 'Significant Changes' to Search in Europe to Comply with Digital Markets Act

11:00 AM EDT, 09/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Google's statement) Alphabet's (ABEA.F) Google will make "significant changes" to Search in Europe in compliance with requirements under the European Union's Digital Markets Act, according to the company's senior vice president of knowledge and information, Nick Fox. "These changes degrade the user experience for Europeans - boosting online intermediaries at the expense of local businesses, and removing helpful features people rely on every day," according to a statement sent to MT Newswires. "Users outside the EU will not be impacted by these changes." Reuters first reported on the news.