Antitrust chief: Google’s restrictions on Android device makers breach EU law

Google faces more competition charges in the European Union, after the 28-member-state bloc’s antitrust commissioner concluded in a preliminary decision that the company had abused its dominant position by imposing restriction on Android device makers.

A Statement of Objections—which outlines Brussels’ charges—has been sent to Google this morning, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said during a press conference on Wednesday.

Google will now be given the opportunity to respond to the commission’s concerns. Vestager said that Google had pursued a “strategy to protect and expand its position in search,” by imposing what the commissioner described as “unjustified restrictions on manufacturers and mobile network operators.”

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