04:14 AM EDT, 05/07/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with a response from the European Commission in the fourth paragraph.)

Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google has proposed changes to how it shows news results in its search engine to avoid further EU competition fines, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The fines already total 9.5 billion euros ($11.2 billion), the report said, adding that the company is responding to concerns that it was "deliberately"lowering results for publishers'websites that include ads from certain commercial partners.

Google told Bloomberg that it is "continuing to engage constructively"with the European Commission and its priority is to protect users from "deceptive practices like 'parasite SEO'spam that undermine the web."

The European Commission declined to comment, while Alphabet did not immediately respond to MT Newswires'request for comment.

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