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Brazil investigates Google over antitrust charges Oct 11th 2013, 19:26 Tweet Share this Email Print Reprints A Google logo is seen at the entrance to the company's offices in Toronto September 5, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Chris Helgren SAO PAULO | Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:31am EDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil is investigating Google Inc for anticompetitive practices alleged by Microsoft Corp and Brazilian rivals, adding to government pressure in one of Google's fastest-growing major markets. Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade said on Friday it is looking into accusations that Google has unfairly used rivals' content, discouraged their advertisers and favored its own product listings in search results. A Google spokeswoman in Sao Paulo said in an email that the company would cooperate with Brazilian regulators. Microsoft filed a complaint charging Google with obstructing advertising campaigns across multiple search engines, giving an unfair advantage to Google's highly profitable AdWords service, according to a Cade statement. Brazilian comparison shopping sites Buscapé and Bondfardo accused Google of reproducing product reviews from their users - a practice known as "scraping" - without allowing the competitors to do the same with its website Google Shopping. Cade is also looking into complaints from Buscapé and Bondfardo that Google gives unfair prominence to Google Shopping on its general Web search, making it the only price-comparison tool that appears with photos, prices and evaluations. The regulatory pressure comes as Brazilian authorities take a closer look at major U.S. Internet companies such as Google and Facebook Inc after revelations that the United States spied on digital communications by President Dilma Rousseff and state-run oil company Petrobras. Rousseff has pushed new legislation that would force major Internet companies to store locally gathered data inside Brazil, requiring the construction of costly new data centers. Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo recently suggested tech companies were not paying enough taxes. (Reporting by Brad Haynes and Leonardo Goy; editing by Matthew Lewis) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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