S. Korea FTC Raids Google Over Android Practices

The Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) raided Google's Seoul offices, according to an individual familiar with the matter, starting on Tuesday. The KFTC planned on conducting their raid for evidence and information on the 6th and 7th. It has yet to be confirmed whether the raid has officially concluded.

The reason for the raid was a claim from NHN Corp and Daum Communications Corp, two Korean companies involved with search engines in that country, that Google is engaged in anticompetitive practices with their Android operating system. The claim stated that Google's pre-installation of Google software on the Android OS, as well as features of Android that are "systematically designed" to make switching to another search provider difficult, are anti-competitive.

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