Russia opens investigation against YouTube for “abuse of dominant position”

Russia announced on Monday the opening of an investigation against Google and its video platform YouTube for “abuse of dominant position”, a new confrontation between the Russian authorities and the giants of the digital sector.

In a statement, the Federal Antitrust Agency (FAS) said it had opened this investigation because the rules for suspending or deleting accounts YouTube they are “opaque, non-objective and unpredictable”, which can “harm the interests of users and limit competition”.

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