{"id":1713021,"date":"2022-10-27T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713021"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:49:41","slug":"india-fines-google-113-million-over-abuse-of-dominance-for-second-time-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-fines-google-113-million-over-abuse-of-dominance-for-second-time-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"India Fines Google $113 Million Over Abuse of Dominance for Second Time in a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findia-fines-google-113-million-over-abuse-of-dominance-for-second-time-in-a-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-t-india\">India<\/a>\u2019s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday fined tech-giant Google 9.36 billion rupees ($113 million) for abusing its dominant position to promote its in-app payment system, the second penalty imposed by India in a week.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said that Google\u2019s Play Store policies require app developers to use Google\u2019s billing system for apps sold through the Play Store and in-app purchases made by users.<\/p>\n<p>App developers will not be permitted to list their apps on the Play Store if they refuse to use Google\u2019s billing system, resulting in them losing potential customers in the form of Android users, the CCI said <a href=\"https:\/\/cci.gov.in\/media-gallery\/press-release\/details\/265\/0\">in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Take it or Leave it\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The regulator also found that Google engages in discriminatory practices by not using its billing system for its own applications like YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther, Google even does not negotiate \u2018service fee\u2019 with the app developers, thus, making it [a] \u2018take it or leave it\u2019 situation for the app developers,\u201d the CCI said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cci.gov.in\/antitrust\/orders\/details\/1072\/0\">in its order.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to Google for comments.<\/p>\n<p>The CCI ordered Google to make necessary changes to its Play Store policies within three months, including allowing app developers to use third-party billing processing services for in-app purchases and app purchases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle shall not impose any condition (including price-related condition) on app developers, which is unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory, or disproportionate to the services provided to the app developers,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>The CCI also demanded that Google ensure complete transparency in communicating to app developers, services provided, and the corresponding fee charged.<\/p>\n<h2>Previous Anti-Trust Penalty<\/h2>\n<p>The $113 million fine came just a week after India fined Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/india-fines-google-162-million-for-abusing-its-android-market-dominance_4811452.html\">$162 million<\/a> for anti-competitive practices in relation to its Android operating system.<\/p>\n<p>The CCI accused Google of perpetuating its dominant position in the online search market to prevent other search applications from gaining market access. It also claimed that Google secured a \u201csignificant competitive edge\u201d over its competitors in relation to its revenue-earning app on Android devices, such as YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe competitors of these services could never avail the same level of market access which Google secured and embedded for itself through [Mobile Application Distribution Agreement],\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from India, South Korea also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/south-korea-fines-google-177-million-for-blocking-android-customisation_3996348.html\">penalized Google 207 billion won<\/a> ($145 million) last year for blocking customized versions of its Android operating system. South Korea\u2019s Personal Information Protection Commission also fined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/google-meta-fined-for-collecting-personal-data-illegally-in-south-korea_4729845.html\">Google 69.2 billion won<\/a> ($48.5 million) last month for an alleged data privacy violation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-aldgra-fredly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_AldgraFredly.jpg\" alt=\"Aldgra Fredly\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer based in Malaysia, covering Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday fined tech-giant Google 9.36 billion rupees ($113 million) for abusing its dominant position to promote its in-app payment system, the second penalty imposed by India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1706647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1713021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1713021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1706647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}