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South Korea anti-trust agency probing US Google’s misdeeds

South Korea’s anti-trust agency is investigating Google for alleged abuse of its market dominance, a report said on Thursday, a week after the EU filed anti-trust charges against the US tech giant. The probe by the South’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is focused on whether Google is unfairly forcing smartphone makers to use its Android operating system, Yonhap news agency said. Officials from the FTC visited the firm’s Seoul office last week for an “on-site inspection,” Yonhap added. 

The FTC declined to confirm or deny the report, while no Google spokesperson was immediately available to comment. The reported probe came after the EU filed new anti-trust charges on July 14 against Google’s advertising business, accusing it of restricting some websites from displaying ads from Google’s competitors. It is one of three EU cases now pending against Google, including charges filed in April over the company’s Android operating system.
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