https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457197 CCI considered whether preliminary objections based on pending proceedings elsewhere and alleged inapplicability of competition law barred scrutiny of a messaging platform's revised terms. It rejected those objections, holding that competition inquiry is not excluded by parallel proceedings and may address conduct about to be implemented. On the merits, it found the platform dominant in the relevant OTT messaging market, noting network effects, user lock-in, and weak substitutability. The updated policy was viewed as imposing mandatory, broad and opaque data-sharing terms without voluntary, specific consent, and as potentially lowering service quality and creating exclusionary effects in adjacent markets. A prima facie abuse of dominance was found and investigation was directed. en-us Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:40:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457197 CCI considered whether preliminary objections based on pending proceedings elsewhere and alleged inapplicability of competition law barred scrutiny of a messaging platform's revised terms. It rejected those objections, holding that competition inquiry is not excluded by parallel proceedings and may address conduct about to be implemented. On the merits, it found the platform dominant in the relevant OTT messaging market, noting network effects, user lock-in, and weak substitutability. The updated policy was viewed as imposing mandatory, broad and opaque data-sharing terms without voluntary, specific consent, and as potentially lowering service quality and creating exclusionary effects in adjacent markets. A prima facie abuse of dominance was found and investigation was directed. Case-Laws Law of Competition Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457197