Brazil: Administrative Council for Economic Defense investigation into Google for alleged abusive exploitation of journalistic content in digital search and AI-driven news markets
Progress
Current status
under investigation
23 Apr 2026 under investigation
Scope
Implementers
Brazil
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
search service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Administrative Council for Economic Defense referred Google investigation for further proceedings over alleged abusive exploitation of journalistic content in digital markets
On 23 April 2026, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) decided to continue its examination of Google's use of journalistic content in search results and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated summaries. CADE stated that technologic…
Event type
investigation
Action type
interim ruling
Government branch
executive
Government body
competition authority