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As Modi Meets US Firms, Google Moves Court Against India's Competition Watchdog Over 'Leaked' Report

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Earlier this year, US firms Twitter, Amazon, Facebook, and Facebook-owned WhatsApp got into loggerheads with New Delhi over data privacy laws and regulations. Amazon and WhatsApp have long been fighting court cases in the country over rules and regulations.
Technology giant Google has taken India's anti-trust body, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), to the Delhi High Court over a confidential report leak on Thursday. The tech giant, in a statement, said it aims to prevent any further unlawful disclosures of confidential findings by the investigative arm of the CCI.
"Google has not yet had the opportunity to review the Director General's findings, much less submit its defence of any allegations", the statement read.
Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai addresses the audience during an event on artificial intelligence at the Square in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.07.2021
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Google Chief Sundar Pichai Admits 'Free Internet is Under Attack' Amid Row Over India's IT Rules
On 20 September, Reuters reported that the CCI, in its two-year-long probe, found that Google had abused its power in the country to hurt competitors.
"Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google reduced the ability and incentive of device manufacturers to develop and sell devices operating on alternative versions of Android, says the June report by the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigations unit", the news report, based on CCI's confidential investigation and obtained by Reuters, read.
The development comes as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet America's top businesses in Washington to seek investment.
As per initial reports, the CEOs of Qualcomm (Cristiano R. Amon), Adobe (Shantanu Narayen), First Solar (Mark Widmar), General Atomics (Vivek Lall), and Blackstone (Stephen A. Schwarzman), among others, will attend the meeting. Prime Minister Modi is on a three-day visit to the United States.
United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - Sputnik International, 1920, 18.09.2019
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Ahead of Modi-Trump Meeting, 44 US Congressmen Call for Lifting Trade Sanctions Against India
Frequent run-ins between the federal government and tech giants have become a usual affair in India. These altercations are generally over Indian laws or the companies' policies, as of late cautioning other investors to think before investing in the country.
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