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Google to face corrective order from JFTC over search-app practices

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( December 23, 2024, 00:18 GMT | Insight) -- Google is set to face a cease-and-desist order from Japan's antitrust watchdog over its arrangements with Android phone makers to exclusively preinstall the tech giant's search app, seen as an unfair trade practice that's prohibited by Japan's Antimonopoly Act. This will be the first such order that the Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued to Google or any other US-based Big Tech companies.  Google is set to face a cease-and-desist order from Japan's antitrust watchdog over its arrangements with Android phone makers to exclusively preinstall the tech giant's search app, seen as an unfair trade practice that's prohibited by Japan's Antimonopoly Act....

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