After the United States and Europe successively determined that Google violated the market monopoly, Google was also found to have violated the market monopoly by regulators in Japan.
NikkeiIt is pointed out that the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) launched an investigation in October last year on the grounds that Google's requirement that OEM manufacturers pre-install its search application services on their mobile phones and exclude other third-party companies from providing application services involves market monopoly. It is expected to require Google to stop its monopolistic behavior in Japan.
Google is also facing regulators in the US and European markets recently, who have declared it a market monopoly. In the US, it has been asked to split its Chrome browser business and must propose corresponding adjustments, otherwise it may be required to split its Android business.
Earlier proposedAdjustment practicesIn the agreement, Google will allow Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox to use search engines provided by other companies as default options on different platforms. It also agrees to allow OEM manufacturers to decide whether to pre-install Google application services including the Google Play Store, and allow OEM manufacturers to choose to pre-install software markets not provided by Google, or application services such as maps.
Although it was also found to have violated the market monopoly in the European market, the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg subsequently upheld its decision on Google on the grounds that the previous assessment made by the European Commission was wrong.remove, sparing Google from facing a hefty fine for market dominance. However, the European Commission has stated it will consider the judgment and take potential action, including an appeal, so it's still possible that other means could be used to force Google to dismantle its advertising business.
