Google Faces EU Antitrust Charges

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She said sustainable—ecosystem, based accuses U.S. company pany’s efforts to promote its revenue-sharing agreements Google’s conduct is “stifling on open-source software and of abusing dominance core moneymaker: online from handset makers and competition and restricting in- open innovation.” He said the Business&Finance search. phone carriers that preload a novation in the wider mobile company will work with the EU of Android software The European Commission, rival search engine on their de- space.” “to demonstrate that Android is the EU’s antitrust agency, said vices. That tactic would effec- While users can always good for competition and good he EU filed antitrust BY NATALIA DROZDIAK Google had abused the domi- tively ensure that Google would download a new search for consumers.” charges against Google, T AND SAM SCHECHNER nance of its Android mobile op- be the only search engine avail- browser and change the de- The details of the case an- saying the firm abused the erating system by requiring able out of the box on the ma- fault, the EU has based its case nounced Wednesday—the EU’s dominance of its Android The European Union on phone makers to pre-install jority of phones, the EU alleged. on data showing that pre-in- second set of formal charges mobile operating system. A1 Wednesday accused Alphabet Google’s namesake search en- “Google pursues an overall stalling a service and setting it against Google in just over a European stocks con- Inc.’s Google of strong-arming gine on their devices if they strategy on mobile devices to as a default creates a lasting year—broadens the scope of tinue to trail their U.S. coun- smartphone makers and tele- want to include Google’s Play protect and expand its domi- advantage, an EU official said. the challenge Google faces from terparts, dashing hopes that com firms into making its Store, the most popular place nant position in Internet Google General Counsel Kent European regulators as it tries ECB stimulus would send search engine the default on for consumers to buy apps for search,” European Antitrust Walker responded that “An- to extend the dominance of its shares soaring this year. A1 mobile devices, as the bloc filed Android phones. 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