Russia: FAS announces investigation into Google for alleged anticompetitive practices
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FAS announces investigation into Google for alleged anticompetitive practices
On 19 April 2021, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened an investigation into Google, YouTube’s owner, to determine if the entity is abusing its dominant position in the video hosting market. The FAS alleged that YouTube’s terms of service are not transparent. In particular, FAS claims that the rules regarding account suspension and content blocking are biased and that YouTube failed to issue warnings to users and justify its decisions to block or suspend accounts.
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Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2021-04-19
under deliberation
2022-02-15
under investigation
2022-07-26
in force
2023-06-27
in force