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Russia: Kaspersky Lab hits Apple with antitrust complaint

By  |  March 19, 2019

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple, alleging that the tech giant removed Kaspersky’s ‘safe kids’ app from the Apple Store to make way for its own rival product.

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    The Russian firm claims in its suit that Apple removed its ‘Safe Kids’ app from the online marketplace, ostensibly for a configuration violation but in reality to eliminate competition to its own ‘Screen Time’ feature. Both apps allow parents to monitor and control their children’s device usage and to restrict inappropriate content.

    “From our point of view, Apple appears to be using its position as platform owner…to dictate terms and prevent other developers from operating on equal terms with it,” a spokesperson told WinBuzzer.

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