Japan's Fair Trade Commission today (April 4) filed a complaint with Google under the Antitrust Law.File a lawsuit, accusing it of restricting Google Android smartphone device manufacturers from using other companies to provide search services, thereby creating a market monopoly.
In the related allegations, the Japan Fair Trade Commission believes that in addition to requiring the Google Play Store software market service to be pre-installed on the device, Google also requires device manufacturers to pre-install apps such as Google Search and Chrome browser, and place them on the default homepage screen for users to use intuitively.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission proposed adjustments, requiring Google to stop such monopolistic behavior and requiring an independent third-party agency to be responsible for supervision. It is required to confirm whether Google still has similar influence on market competition in the next five years, and report to the Japan Fair Trade Commission every year.
Google was sued by Japan's Fair Trade Commission in December last year.Determination of market monopoly, and launched an investigation. Earlier, it was also facing the risk of being identified as a market monopoly by regulators in the US and European markets. In the United States, it was even required to split up its Chrome browser business and must propose corresponding adjustments, otherwise it would not rule out further requirements to split up 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 Google was also found guilty of antitrust violations in Europe, the Luxembourg-based General Court subsequently overturned its decision against the European Commission, citing flaws in its previous assessment. This allowed Google to avoid facing a substantial fine for antitrust violations. However, the European Commission has stated that it will consider the judgment and take potential action, including an appeal, so it remains possible that other means could be used to force Google to dismantle its advertising business.
