Cade (Administrative Council for Economic Defense) opened an administrative investigation against Google to investigate alleged anti-competitive practices related to its software, Android.
The company had already suffered defeat in European courts in a similar case. Despite the contestation of the American technology giant, the European Union fined Google in 4.1 billion euros (more than R$ 20 billion) for violating competition laws, in September of this year.
The European Commission said that Google forced cell phone manufacturers to previously install its browser, Chrome, and its search application as a condition for licensing the Play Store, the Android system’s application store.
The indictment also pointed to restrictions on mobile network operators in order to maintain Google’s dominance among search engines.
Julio wiziack with Paulo Ricardo Martins and Diego Felix
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