{"id":65963,"date":"2018-02-25T00:43:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T00:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/vestager-plays-down-role-of-complainants-in-android-probe-4\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T00:43:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T00:43:36","slug":"vestager-plays-down-role-of-complainants-in-android-probe-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/vestager-plays-down-role-of-complainants-in-android-probe-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Vestager plays down role of complainants in Android probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Margrethe Vestager, Europe\u2019s antitrust czar, played down the role of complainants in her antitrust probes after a report that lobby group FairSearch, which is the lead complainant in her Android inquiry, is legally controlled by tech giants Oracle and Naspers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people come to us we take info hints and what they are worried about, their concerns, but we never take anything on face value,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to do everything from start to end to be able to stand up for the evidence and conclusions that we produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>POLITICO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/oracle-naspers-fairsearch-google-lobbying-europe-antitrust-android-competition-margrethe-vestager\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> Friday that although FairSearch presents itself as a coalition of Google rivals, records filed with Belgian authorities show that Oracle and Naspers are the group\u2019s only members with legal authority over its activities.<\/p>\n<p>While both companies rival Google at a global level, neither company has a direct stake in the mobile markets involved in the Commission\u2019s Android investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will have complaints that come from different motives, different backgrounds and different intentions,\u201d Vestager said when asked about the report. \u201cNo matter the nature of the complainant, if we find there is something to complain about we need to do the job and draw the conclusions that will eventually stand up in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released today, FairSearch described itself as a \u201cgroup of companies that operates through a consensus of our members, who all make contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It did not provide evidence of such decision-making or details about the companies\u2019 individual contributions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/vestager-plays-down-role-of-complainants-in-android-probe\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p> [contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/> <\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margrethe Vestager, Europe\u2019s antitrust czar, played down the..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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