Google defends Digital Markets Act changes, cites complex trade-offs

Alphabet’s Google on Thursday will seek to fend off criticism about changes to its core services mandated by landmark EU tech rules, according to a copy of a senior Google executive’s speech seen by Reuters.

Oliver Bethell, a lawyer who leads Google’s EMEA competition team, will tell regulators and rivals that balancing the various interests has required the tech company to make complex trade-offs, according to the document.