In its complaint, WinZO, a real-money gaming platform, accused Google of indulging in anti-competitive practices against it.

Google's regulatory troubles in India continue to grow, with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) initiating a fresh investigation into the tech giant. The move comes in response to a complaint filed by WinZO,

WinZO's co-founder hails CCI's decision. WinZO co-founder Saumya Singh Rathore has welcomed CCI's decision, calling it a step toward restoring fairness in the digital ecosystem. R

The CCI’s investigation comes just days after it fined Meta Rs 213.14 crore for “abusing” its dominant position in relation to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021 update to its privacy policy – showing the growing antitrust scrutiny on tech giants in India.

Winzo’s claims that Google, through its Play Store, imposes unreasonable terms on app developers via its Developer Distribution Agreement and Developer Program Policies. These policies create a one-si

The CCI's order highlighted concerns over preferential treatment given to platforms like Zupee and MPL, raising issues of discriminatory practices and selective enforcement of policies.

India's competition watchdog on Thursday ordered a probe into Google's restrictive policies for real-money games on its platform, following a complaint by online gaming platform WinZO that called it discriminatory.

WinZo's grievance centres on Google's policy that, while allowing select categories of RMG apps on the Play Store, excludes others under opaque and arbitrary criteria

India’s antitrust regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), has initiated an investigation against Alphabet-owned Google for allegedly providing a significant competitive edge to daily fantasy sports (DFS) and Rummy applications while potentially hurting other real-money gaming (RMG) apps.

In its order, the CCI found Google to be prima facie in violation of antitrust provisions of the Competition Act due to the abuse of dominant position