On September 29, 2026, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, formally lodged appeals against two specific mandates set forth by the European Union (EU). The first mandate obligates Google to grant competitors' artificial intelligence (AI) services access to its Android operating system. The second requires Google to permit other search engines to utilize its search data. Google contends that complying with these requirements will compromise user privacy and inflict irreparable harm on European users. According to the EU's ruling, Google is expected to facilitate the sharing of search data by January 2027 and make necessary adjustments to the Android system by July of the following year.
