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Japan To Hit Google With Cease-And-Desist Order For Monopoly Practices
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Posted on Dec 23, 2024
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) is expected to issue a cease-and-desist order against Google for violating the antitrust laws in the country.
In a Rush? Here are the Quick Facts!
- Japanese watchdog accuses Google of violating the antitrust law and could take action soon
- Google would be the first American company to receive a cease-and-desist order from the Japan Fair Trade Commission
- The monopolistic practices included making smartphone manufacturers to install Chrome and Google Search as main search tools before selling to customers
According to The Japan Times, Google would become the first U.S. company to get this kind of order from the JFTC. The institution considers that the American company has implemented unfair strategies in the market like forcing Android phone manufactures to have their search engine installed in the devices and featured in the home screen before reaching the customers.
Is has been reported that Google has multiple contracts with phone makers to have Google Chrome and Google Search apps integrated, and, in exchange, Google would allow these companies to have apps stores and gain a portion of revenue from search ads.
Chrome is the number one web browser in the world and is one of Google’s pillars as it fuels its ads business, making it multiple antitrust agency’s target.
According to Reuters, the JFTC started investigating Google for monopolistic practices back in October—the same way other governments have been doing this year—and will soon take action on this matter.
Italy’s antitrust agency announced an investigation against Google and Alphabet for unfair commercial practices and for its “incomplete and misleading” consent message regarding the use of people’s data.
And a U.S. judge declared Google an illegal monopoly in federal court in August. The American government wants google to sell its Chrome browser as a solution to combat its monopoly.
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