“The service has determined that the rules related to the formation, suspension, blocking of accounts and the circulation of user content on YouTube are opaque, biased and unpredictable,” the message says.
It is noted that this leads to sudden blocking and deletion of user accounts without warning and justification for actions.
The FAS Russia found that such behavior infringes on the interests of users, and also limits competition in adjacent markets.
Thus, Google was found guilty of abusing its dominant position in the market for YouTube video hosting services.
The case against Google LLC.
due to abuse of a dominant position in the market for video hosting services, YouTube was filed in April 2021.