The original story came from a French newspaper lepoint [1] which then was picked up by ft [2]. Google proposed an alliance between booking.com, zal, ubisoft,

The original story came from a French newspaper lepoint [1] which then was picked up by ft [2]. Google proposed an alliance between booking.com, zal, ubisoft, carrefour,... to launch an advertising campaign to weaken the position of European lawmakers. The most alarming piece of google's "DSA 60-day plan update" presentation is that they also wanted to mobilise the US government to lobby against it via trade representative offices and embassies. [1]https://www.lepoint.fr/high-tech-internet/exclusif-comment-google-veut-faire-plier-bruxelles-28-10-2020-2398468_47.php https://www.lepoint.fr/high-tech-internet/exclusif-comment-g... (paywalled) [2] https://www.ft.com/content/d9d05b1e-45c0-44b8-a1ba-3aa6d0561bed https://www.ft.com/content/d9d05b1e-45c0-44b8-a1ba-3aa6d0561...