Progress

Current status
under investigation
23 Apr 2026under 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

23 Apr 2026
under investigation

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…

  • Brazil's antitrust tribunal, CADE, concludes its hearing in an investigation against Google regarding the use of journalistic content., Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) (Official)