The Fair Trade Japanese Commission (JFTC) ordered Google to stop concluding agreements that give preference to Google Search and Chrome on Android devices. Nikkei Asia said Whether it is the first time that the regulator has published an order to stop and abstain from a large technological company.
The regulator noted that Google had requested at least six different Android phones manufacturers for such offers since July 2020, according to Nikkei. The article indicates that transactions included the share of Google sharing with “five business partners”, with the condition that the research services of Chrome and Google are “placed on the initial screen” and that the similar services of other companies are not at all installed.
As part of his punishment, Nikkei The reports that Google will have to relax the parties of its offers related to the distribution of advertising revenues so that the manufacturers of telephones have more options. The company will have to obtain an independent third party to report on its compliance with the order of the JFTC for five years.
Google said it was disappointed by the committee’s conclusions because it considers that its agreements with Japanese partners help promote competition and have strengthened their ability to invest in product innovations, which leads to more choices for consumers.
Google did not immediately respond to The penisComment request.
Japan adopted legislation last year which shared similarities with the EU digital market law, in particular the prevention of self-preferization movements like those that Google is now ordered to stop. Google is currently expecting an antitrust punishment decision in the United States which could lead to the rupture of the company.
