《互联网平台反垄断合规指引》发布 列明平台“二选一”行为等风险示例

Core Viewpoint - The release of the "Antitrust Compliance Guidelines for Internet Platforms" aims to support and guide platform operators in effectively preventing antitrust compliance risks, promoting innovation and healthy development in the platform economy [1][2]. Group 1: Guidelines Overview - The guidelines involve multiple stakeholders, including platform operators, internal operators, consumers, and employees, emphasizing the unique competitive characteristics and behaviors of internet platforms compared to traditional sectors [1]. - The guidelines require platform operators to adhere to four principles: targeted, comprehensive, penetrating, and continuous in their antitrust compliance management [1]. Group 2: Specific Antitrust Risks - The guidelines specifically outline four categories of antitrust risks: monopoly agreements, abuse of market dominance, concentration of operators, and abuse of administrative power to exclude or restrict competition [2]. - Eight new types of antitrust risks are identified based on the characteristics of the platform economy, including algorithm collusion between platforms, assisting internal operators in reaching monopoly agreements, unfair high pricing, below-cost sales, blocking or shielding, "choose one of two" behavior, "lowest price on the entire network," and differential treatment by platforms [2].