Russian competition watchdog opens case against Google over YouTube curbs
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) acknowledged on Monday it had initiated proceedings against U.S. tech huge Alphabet Inc’s Google for allegedly abusing its dominant market place in video web internet hosting suppliers.
Google has already come beneath stress from the authorities this 12 months for failing to delete what Russia calls banned content material materials. Other western net firms have moreover been centered by Moscow, along with Twitter Inc , which has been punitively slowed down.
Google did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The FAS acknowledged the case concerned Google’s YouTube unit and that the company’s actions had resulted inside the sudden blocking and deletion of some clients’ accounts, which it acknowledged may lead to restricted competition.
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