India’s Competition Commission Orders Investigation Against Google For ‘Unfair Practices’

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The DNPA had alleged that by its monopoly on the search market on the internet, Google had cornered a large part of the advertising and was paying the content creators peanuts, though they invest in news gathering and training of news persons. The petition claimed that Google had more than 98% of total market share of search engines in India which was more than 99% on mobile phone searches. The petitioners which include big media companies including India Today, Times of India and the Hindustan Times complained to the commission that Google has launched several ‘news services’ which were showcasing their content but the technology company is not sharing justly earned revenue with the content creators. DNPA quoted market research showing that digital advertising market had grown to Rs 16974 cr in 2020, with Google capturing a large part of this revenue due to its monopoly on search traffic. CCI’s order quotes decisions given against Google in Australia and UK for similar practices. The company has paid millions of dollars in damages in Europe and has entered into a new contract with Australian content creators to share revenue. The CCI has now ordered the DG to obtain Google’s viewpoint on these allegations and file a report before March 6, 2022.
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