By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's industry chief Thierry Breton has warned Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai that he plans to rein in U.S. tech giants via a raft of new rules to curb the excesses of a "Wild West" internet.
Breton issued the warning in a video-conference call with Pichai late on Thursday, according to a statement from the European Commision.
The comments came after a Google internal document outlined a 60-day strategy to counter the European Union's push for tough new tech rules by getting U.S. allies to push back against Breton.
The call was initiated by Google before the document was leaked.
Breton will announce new draft rules known as the Digital Services Act and the ...
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