In 2011,Microsoft filed a complaint with the European Commission accusing Google of taking steps to monopolize the Internet search engine business.Microsoft's primary complaint was that
A) Google is the only Internet search engine available to Windows operating system users.
B) the European Union contracts exclusively with Google for its Internet search engine use.
C) Google has prevented competitors from gaining access to needed content and data to provide search results to consumers.
D) Google owns the Internet advertising companies that pay for ads on search engine sites, and has prohibited ads from being sold to competitors.

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Microsoft's complaint centered around Google's alleged prevention of competitors from accessing necessary content and data to provide search results to consumers. This would be in violation of anti-monopoly laws, as it would give Google an unfair advantage in the search engine market. The other options presented in the question are either untrue or not mentioned in Microsoft's complaint.

In 2011,Microsoft Filed a Complaint with the European Commission Accusing