Getty Images said it had been granted “interested party” status in the European Commission’s investigation into alleged anticompetitive behavior by Google, after it complained to the Commission that the search giant favored its own images service in Web search results.

The EC charged Google in April with abusing its dominant market position in Internet search services to favor its comparison shopping product in general search results. It is also probing Google’s bundling of its services and apps with the Android operating system.

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