India: Competition Commission investigation into Google over alleged abuse of dominance and anti-competitive conduct in ad-tech intermediation services (Case No. 34 of 2024 consolidated with Case Nos. 41 of 2021, 10 of 2022, and 36 of 2022)
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Competition Commission opened investigation into Google over alleged abuse of dominance and anti-competitive conduct in ad-tech intermediation services (Case No. 34 of 2024)
On 1 August 2025, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) issued an order in Case No. 34 of 2024 under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2022, directing the Director General (DG) to investigate allegations concerning ad-tech intermediation ser…
SourceAnnounced CCI investigation into Google's alleged abuse of dominance in news aggregation (Case No. 36 of 2022)
On 6 October 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) opened an investigation (Case No. 36 of 2022) into Google (Alphabet) following a complaint by the “News Broadcasters & Digital Association”. The Association alleges that Google abused its…
SourceAnnounced CCI investigation into Google's alleged abuse of dominance in news aggregation (Case No. 10 of 2022)
On 2 February 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) opened an investigation (Case No. 10 of 2022) into Google (Alphabet) following a complaint by the “Indian Newspaper Society”. The Association alleges that Google abused its dominant marke…
SourceAnnounced Competition Commission investigation against Google's alleged abuse in news aggregation (Case No. 41 of 2021)
The Competition Commission of India has announced an investigation (Case No. 41 of 2021) against Alphabet Inc. (former Google) after a complaint by the Indian "Digital News Publishers Association". In particular, the Association accuses Google of ac…
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