The referral targets potential DSA violations by very large platforms and search engines, focusing on systemic risk mitigation and transparency of recommendation systems.

AGCOM sent Google Ireland Ltd to Brussels for a formal DSA assessment following a complaint from FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers.

The article provides background on Alphabet’s structure and operations, noting major segments like Google Search, YouTube, Nest, Calico, Google X, Ventures, and Fiber, with 2024–2025 regional revenue distribution and about 190,820 employees.

Giacomo Lasorella, AGCOM’s president, stressed the impact on information freedom and source diversity; Germany’s regulator has taken similar steps.

Concerns include AI-generated responses’ accuracy and the risk of hallucinatory information without easy source verification.

Beyond the regulator’s request and corporate overview, no further actionable outcomes are detailed in the provided excerpt.

Worries persist about the reliability of AI-generated information and potential misinformation affecting news credibility.

FIEG also warned about inaccuracies in AI outputs and the danger of hallucinations without straightforward source checks.

AI Overviews present top-of-page summaries, risking reduced clicks to news sites and raising questions about transparency, accountability, and source plurality.

Italy’s communications regulator AGCOM has asked the European Commission to open an investigation into Google’s AI-powered search features under the EU Digital Services Act, citing concerns about publisher impact and media pluralism.

Google defends AI Overviews and AI Mode as a new evolution of search designed to aid research rather than replace access to information.

The press release about the request is attached and is in Italian.