Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google

Circuit · Jul 16, 2019

Break all of them to pieces.

guest · Jul 17, 2019

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I'd say I'm cynical but my experience says otherwise. I say these days 99.9%+ of investigations involving multi-billion dollar entities don't do ****.
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+1, I even think it is just powder to the eyes to appease the masses.

ronjor · Jul 17, 2019

Google's Project Dragonfly 'terminated' in China

17 July 2019
Google's controversial plan to launch a censored search engine in China has been "terminated", a company executive has said.
The project was reported to have ceased late last year but rumours that it remained active persisted.
"We have terminated Project Dragonfly," Google executive Karan Bhatia told the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
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ronjor · Jul 17, 2019

Tech Giants Claim Competition Exists. House Dems Don't Buy It

Matt Laslo 07.17.19
Today’s younger, more tech savvy breed of House Democrats may spend a lot of their time online, but that doesn’t mean they’re happy with the tech companies they rely on. In fact, it seems the more testimony they hear from top Silicon Valley executives, the louder their calls to regulate these behemoth technology firms become.
This was starkly on display Tuesday, as senior officials from Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple testified in front of a powerful House Judiciary subcommittee as a part of an ongoing investigation into potential antitrust violations from the nation’s tech giants.
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ronjor · Jul 23, 2019

House antitrust chair ‘troubled’ by tech hearing, sends letters demanding clarity from Amazon, Facebook and Google

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 23, 2019
Amazon, Facebook, and Google finished their testimony at last week’s antitrust hearing, but the House Judiciary Committee isn’t letting them out of the hot seat.
Rep. David Cicilline, the chair of the subcommittee on antitrust, sent letters to the three tech giants Tuesday asking for more detailed and specific answers to questions raised during the hearing, according to copies of the letters obtained by GeekWire.
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hawki · Jul 23, 2019

"Justice Department announces broad antitrust review of Big Tech

It’s separate from the Google and Apple investigations that were announced earlier

After months of heightened tech scrutiny from both Republicans and Democrats, the Justice Department is opening a new antitrust investigation into large tech firms like Facebook, Amazon, and Google...

The investigation will address broad concerns over whether Big Tech is stifling competition, and will be separate from the department’s probes of Google and Apple that were reported earlier this summer and are intended to take a closer look at individual potential violations. The review reported today will look into search engines, social media platforms, and retail, but not focus on any individual company or practice.

In a press release, the Justice Department said the review 'will consider the widespread concerns that consumers, businesses, and entrepreneurs have expressed about search, social media, and some retail services online.'..."

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/23/...t-big-tech-review-google-apple-investigations

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/just...ing-practices-market-leading-online-platforms

Minimalist · Aug 5, 2019

Senators want tech firms to pay a lot more for breaking antitrust law

The Federal Trade Commission's recent $5 billion settlement with Facebook largely drew two responses. One holds that $5 billion is objectively a large sum of money, while the other holds that, against Facebook's $55 billion 2018 revenue, the penalty amounts to mere drops in the ocean that will go completely unnoticed within the mammoth company.

Both takes are true: a fine can be both a very large amount of money and yet also not "enough." The FTC's ability to penalize businesses, though, is limited under existing law. And so a group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill that could change the law in order to let the FTC fine a bad actor big bucks.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/proposed-bill-would-make-monopolies-pay-serious-fines/

guest · Aug 13, 2019

U.S. FTC chief says prepared to break up big tech firms: Bloomberg
August 13, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...eak-up-big-tech-firms-bloomberg-idUSKCN1V3229

U.S. Federal Trade Commission is prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary by undoing their past mergers, Chairman Joe Simons said on Tuesday in an interview to Bloomberg, as the agency probes anti-competitive practices in the sector.

Simons said in the interview here that breaking up a company is challenging, but could be the right remedy to rein in dominant companies and restore competition.
He is leading a broad review of the technology sector to see whether companies including Facebook Inc are harming competition.
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guest · Sep 7, 2019

IT'S OFFICIAL: Google says the DOJ is asking for documents about its business
September 6, 2019
https://www.businessinsider.de/sec-filing-alphabet-doj-antitrust-probe-2019-9

In an SEC filing made public on Friday, Google's parent company Alphabet told investors that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested information about its past antitrust investigations.

"On August 30, 2019, Alphabet received a civil investigative demand from the DOJ requesting information and documents relating to our prior antitrust investigations in the United States and elsewhere," the SEC filing read.
"We expect to receive in the future similar investigative demands from state attorneys general. We continue to cooperate with the DOJ, federal and state regulators in the United States, and other regulators around the world."
The filing released on Friday is the first acknowledgement from the search giant that it's the target of an antitrust probe by the Department of Justice.

In conjunction with the SEC filing being made public on Friday, Kent Walker, Google's SVP of Global, released a blog post, acknowledging the recent DOJ requests for information.

"Google's services help people, create more choice, and support thousands of jobs and small businesses across the United States," Walker wrote, in part. "We have always worked constructively with regulators and we will continue to do so."
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ronjor · Sep 9, 2019

Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general

Lauren Feiner@lauren_feiner 09 September 2019
Key Points
Texas will lead a joint state investigation into Google over antitrust concerns, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday.
The news follows the announcement of a joint state Facebook probe led by the attorney general of New York.
Google is also reportedly facing an antitrust probe from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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guest · Sep 13, 2019

Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google emails demanded in U.S. House panel probe
September 13, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...manded-in-u-s-house-panel-probe-idUSKCN1VY1FX

A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday demanded internal emails, detailed financial information and other company records from top executives of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O), Apple Inc (AAPL.O), and Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O), widening the antitrust probe of Big Tech.

The letters seek by Oct. 14 internal emails over the last decade from Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Larry Page, among others, about acquisitions.
Apple has faced criticism that its App Store’s policies and algorithms support its own products and stifle third-party applications.
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guest · Oct 1, 2019

Exclusive: Comcast emerges as new Google antitrust foe - sources
October 1, 2019
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-c...ew-google-antitrust-foe-sources-idUKKBN1WG3J7

Comcast Corp, one of America’s largest media and communications companies, is wading into the epic regulatory pile-on against big tech companies such as Google, according to people familiar with the matter.
Behind the closed doors of a congressional task force last month, Comcast’s video ads division FreeWheel accused Alphabet Inc’s Google of using privacy concerns as a pretext to limit FreeWheel’s ability to sell ads on behalf of its clients’ YouTube channels, four people briefed on the discussion said.

It is the first time one of the most powerful companies in the United States, with its own muscular lobbying apparatus in Washington, is taking sides in the antitrust battle looming over the world’s largest seller of online ads.
Google’s competitors are warning lawmakers that emerging privacy regulations could help Google extend its dominance.
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ronjor · Oct 18, 2019

Google is in serious trouble, warns top anti-trust lawyer

By Tom Foremski for Tom Foremski: IMHO | October 18, 2019
Google's case is similar to 19 years ago -- when Microsoft was found guilty of exclusionary conduct
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ronjor · Oct 31, 2019

Google calls out former competitors working for Texas AG in antitrust probe

Annie Palmer@annierpalmer 31 Oct 2019
Google has filed a motion asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to prevent confidential business information from being disclosed as part of a multi-state antitrust probe into the company.
In the motion, Google claims outside consultants hired to work on the probe are competitors to its business.
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hawki · Nov 14, 2019

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Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general
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"States’ massive Google antitrust probe will expand into search and Android businesses

The 50 attorneys general investigating Google are preparing to expand their antitrust investigation into the company’s search and Android businesses, people familiar with the matter tell CNBC.

So far, the investigation, which is being led by Texas’ attorney general, has only explicitly focused on Google’s advertising business..."

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/14/sta...to-expand-into-search-android-businesses.html

ronjor · Nov 15, 2019

Google exercises more direct control over search results than it has admitted, report claims

Lauren Feiner@lauren_feiner Nov 15 2019
Google has changed its search algorithm to alter search results in ways it has publicly denied in the past, a new investigation from The Wall Street Journal finds.
The report could add fuel to conservatives’ claims of bias and censorship by Google based on how it determines what content surfaces in its search engine and on its video platform, YouTube.
CNBC reports Thursday that the 50 state attorneys general probing Google are planning to expand their investigation into Google’s search and Android businesses.
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ronjor · Dec 17, 2019

UK opens inquiry into Google’s takeover of data company

17 Dec 2019
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog said Tuesday it launched a formal inquiry into Google’s takeover of cloud data analytics company Looker Data Sciences, as it intensifies scrutiny of technology deals.
The Competition and Markets Authority said it had notified the two companies on Monday that it was opening an initial inquiry and would decide on Feb. 13 whether to escalate it to a more in-depth investigation.
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guest · Jan 26, 2020

DOJ and state AGs may combine their Google investigations
A meeting to share info reportedly takes place next week
January 26, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/26/doj-state-attorneys-general-may-combine-google-probes/

The Justice Department and state attorneys general might combine forces in their bid to investigate Google. Wall Street Journal tipsters claim the two sides plan to meet next week to share investigative info in a move that could lead to the two collaborating on their Google probes.
It's just the start of a "periodic dialogue," the WSJ said, but it could blossom into more. The feds and states haven't shared info on Google before, the sources said, making a meeting significant by itself.

There's no guarantee the DOJ or state AGs will find enough common ground to work together.
If there is a unified front, though, Google won't be happy. The existing probes already raise the possibility of new restrictions on Google's search engine, and potentially Android.
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ronjor · Feb 1, 2020

Why Google Backtracked on Its New Search Results Look

By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Tiffany Hsu Jan. 31, 2020
The internet giant, which some lawmakers and regulators say has grown too powerful, tweaked the way it displayed ads on search results. It did not go over well.
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Rasheed187 · Feb 1, 2020

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Why Google Backtracked on Its New Search Results Look
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But you know what the weird thing is? They seem to have only removed the icons? It still looks ugly as hell and it's even more unclear that you're dealing with an sponsored ad! I would advice them to copy the look from DuckDuckGo and be done with it.

ronjor · Feb 4, 2020

US antitrust chief leaving Google probe because of lobbying

By MARCY GORDON and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press Feb. 4, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department official leading the investigation of big tech companies’ market dominance is stepping aside from the department’s Google probe because of his previous lobbying work for Google as a private attorney.
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ronjor · Feb 4, 2020

U.S. interviews iOS app makers in Apple antitrust investigation

Reuters February 4, 2020 10:39 AM
(Reuters) — The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being probed for alleged anti-competitive behavior, according to one of the developers and another person familiar with the investigation.
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guest · May 19, 2020

US govt likely to sue Google over antitrust violations
May 18, 2020
https://www.crn.com.au/news/us-govt-likely-to-sue-google-over-antitrust-violations-548216

The US Justice Department, followed by a coalition of state attorneys general, will likely sue Google for alleged antitrust violations later this year, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Friday.

Justice could bring a case against the tech giant as early as summer, with state AGs that have conducted their own joint investigation filing possibly separate charges in the fall, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources “familiar with the matter.”
The federal lawsuit will target Google’s advertising business as well as search practices determined to be anti-competitive.

While the newspaper’s sources said all signs point to lawsuits down the road, a final call hasn’t been reached in either the federal or state probes.
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ronjor · Jul 13, 2020

Google is reportedly facing a new antitrust probe from California

By Jon Porter@JonPorty Jul 13, 2020
California has reportedly opened its own antitrust investigation into Google, Politico reports, which would mean the search giant is now facing antitrust probes from every state in the US bar one. It is not known which aspect of the company California’s attorney general is investigating, but recent scrutiny has focused on its acquisitions, and its dominance and conduct in the ad tech market and search markets.
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guest · Jul 24, 2020

Three basic facts Congress must understand about Big Tech
July 24, 2020
https://protonmail.com/blog/big-tech-congress/

Monday, July 27, is an important day for the future of the Internet. At noon local time in Washington, DC, the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google will appear virtually before US lawmakers who are investigating their companies for illegal anticompetitive practices.

In recent years, the European Commission has taken a leading role in challenging abusive and anticompetitive behavior from Big Tech companies, and Congress can and should take a page from the European Commission’s playbook.
How Congress can act
It is essential to restore competition and choice to the technology marketplace. While Big Tech has led many innovations, it has equally smothered pioneering new companies, particularly in the realm of privacy.

This may be Congress’s big chance to take antitrust actions that safeguard the market economy in the interest of the people they represent. On Monday, they must not only ask tough questions — they must ask the correct questions based on a genuine understanding of the stakes. They must do their research and not waste time with softball questions, as their Senate colleagues have done in the past.
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