Google Ruling Shows Need For Do Not Track And Strong Antitrust Action
A federal judge’s ruling late Friday in a key privacy case demonstrates the need to implement tough “Do Not Track” rules and byto take decisive action on the antitrust front against Google. Judge...
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Should one company be able to control how you use the Internet and what you see? Google — with 70% of online search and 90% of mobile search markets — is increasingly doing this. Evidence before the...
View ArticleFTC should proceed with case against Google
When you stare down a $220 billion corporation, it’s hard not to blink. But if the Federal Trade Commission doesn’t deliver on its ultimatum to Google that it settle its antitrust problems soon for...
View ArticleDid The FTC Find Its Spine In Google Probe? We Need To Keep The Pressure On
Last weekend news broke that the Federal Trade Commission was about to settle its two-year antitrust investigation of Google with what charitably could be termed a slight tap on the wrist. But by...
View ArticleFTC’s Settlement With Google Fails To End Key Abuse
Department of Justice, State Attorneys General Must Press To End Search Bias The Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Google fails to end its most anticompetitive practice, Consumer Watchdog...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Asks FTC To Release Staff Report In Google Investigation
Says Action Necessary To Restore Faith in Agency As Effective Antitrust Enforcer Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to release the 100-page staff report on the 19-month...
View ArticleContinuing Anti-Trust Action Against Google in Europe
Eleven Internet Companies are pressing European antitrust regulators to take strong action against Google so that the Internet giant’s smaller rivals aren’t hurt. And what happens across the pond in...
View ArticleEU’s Google Antitrust Deal Beats FTC, But Still Doesn’t Do Enough
Details of Google’s proposed settlement with the European Union to avoid antitrust charges have been leaking out of Brussels over the weekend. And while EU competition authorities appear to have...
View ArticleConsumer Groups Reject Proposed Google Antitrust Settlement With European...
Consumer groups on both sides of the Atlantic have objected to Google’s proposed European antitrust settlement, which relies heavily on labeling Google’s own services and on showing links to rivals in...
View ArticleFTC Probes Google-Waze $1.1 Billion Deal After Consumer Watchdog Cites...
Less than two weeks ago after Google said it was buying Waze, developer of a mobile mapping application, for a reported $1.1 billion, the Federal Trade Commission has stepped in and said in effect,...
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