Brazil: CADE considers opening probe into Google

Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE, will be evaluating whether to launch an investigation against Google over alleged abuses in its Android operating system, said CADE President Alexandre Barreto.

CADE’s comment comes just weeks after the European Union set a record fine of €4.34 billion (approximately US$5.1 billion at the time) against Google, ordering the company to stop using its mobile operating system to block rivals.

“What we are doing now is analyzing the decision of the European Union to determine if we have grounds to act here,” Barreto said in an interview.

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