Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google

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Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google

Probe would closely examine Google’s practices related to search, other businesses

By John D. McKinnon, Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2019:

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, a move that could present a major new layer of regulatory scrutiny for the search giant, according to people familiar with the matter.

The department’s antitrust division in recent weeks has been laying the groundwork for the probe, the people said. The Federal Trade Commission, which shares antitrust authority with the department, previously conducted a broad antitrust investigation of Google but closed it in 2013 without taking action, though Google made some voluntary changes to certain business practices.

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The FTC and the department have been in talks recently on who would oversee any new antitrust investigation of a leading U.S. tech giant, and the commission agreed to give the Justice Department jurisdiction over Google, the people said.

With turf now settled, the department is preparing to closely examine Google’s business practices related to its search and other businesses, the people said.

It couldn’t immediately be learned whether Google has been contacted by the department. Third-party critics of the search giant, however, already have been in talks with Justice Department officials, some of the people familiar with the matter said.

Officials with the Justice Department and Google didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. An FTC spokeswoman declined to comment.

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Shuali
Shuali
4 years ago

It’s about time. These leftist giants of information processing along with several others such as Twitter, YouTube and so on need to be exposed for what they are – malignant Leftist props. We had better move quickly, the 2020 election is just around the corner and the info-tech giants have their eyes on the prize.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
4 years ago
Reply to  Shuali

This prosecution MUST be done
– Google, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc., are socialist tyrant globalists
– who seek global domination
– by grabbing all the power and money
– and subjugating the citizenry of every country
– we know this, because Google et al.
– are deeply involved in subjugating China
– with tactics that are far more effective than 1984
– and if Google et al. truly opposed tyranny
– they would oppose the subjugation of China’s citizenry
– but instead Google et al. helps China subjugate their people
– and 1.4 billion people
– is a huge amount of subjugation

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Pick up the pace and get it done!
The 2020 election is right around the corner.
Take nothing for granted. The censored internet affected the midterm elections.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
4 years ago

These multinational companies need very high penalities to match their profits and size of company and this goes for directors, chairmen and all associated with the company including lengthy jail terms, no paroles

Penalities need to be revised upwards as soon as possiable

Rick James
Rick James
4 years ago

In a sane society, Pam, Spencer, Geert Wilders, Anne Marie Waters, Milo, Frank Gaffney and so many others in the anti-Islam movement would be treated as heroes of the West and warriors for freedom.

In our sick, evil, demented culture today largely dominated by Leftists, unfortunately those fighting to save our Democracies are vilified and demonized. The hate that ought to be directed to the followers of Islam has been deviously shifted to its opponents instead.

This is a good first step to investigate Google’s practices but we need the govt to go after all the social media giants for their assault on and crushing of freedom of speech, esp. the attack on Conservative opinions and views that are critical of Islam and Muslims.

Suppression of free speech only leads to tyranny and fascism and we’ve already seen what horrors it unleashes on millions of people in the 20th century and we don’t want a repeat of that dark era.

Someone who has Trump’s ear needs to explain to him how serious this problem is and to throw all the state resources he can to reverse what they’ve done. All the pages, sites, comments, accounts that were wrongly taken down need to be reinstated.

Frankly I think people who were unfairly targeted should be paid compensation as well by these companies. I truly hope more will be done about this, it is critical to the survival of our civilization.

And as others have astutely pointed out, the censorship of Conservative/Centrist opinions will have a direct influence on elections. So Trump should intervene even just for purely selfish reasons to ensure that the populace gets his message and votes for him again in the next election.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
4 years ago
Reply to  Rick James

Commie tyrants LIKE Islamist tyrants
– because tyrants like tyrants
– example: Russia and China help Maduro
– in Venezuela oppress and murder Venezuelans
– through starvation and denial of medical care
– and remember that commies and Islamists LIKE to kill people
– “The Black Book of Communism” [Amazon]
– 100 million and counting
– see also: Aristotle, “Politics” 350 BC, free online

Trevor Fortune
Trevor Fortune
4 years ago

I don’t use any google products, duck duck go is a great option for a search engine and it doesn’t track you and store your info.

1PierreMontagne1
1PierreMontagne1
4 years ago

It’s way overdue

Did you know that when Standard Oil was broken up for anti-trust law
violations, they controlled a smaller percentage of the oil refining and sales market
than Google’s current percentage of the on-line advertising market?
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Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
4 years ago

DO NO EVIL?? Bunch of UCKING phonies.

Cauc-Asian Patriot
Cauc-Asian Patriot
4 years ago

WE ON THE RIGHT SHOULD PRAY THAT GOOGLE GOES DOWN! GOOGLE DOES SEEM TO ENGAGE IN THE GAME OF PICKING INTERNET WINNERS BY BLOCKING WEBSITES, ETC THAT SEEMS TO STRATEGICALLY FAVOR LEFTISTS AMONG MAINSTREAM SEARCHES! AT MY JOB, I HAVE SEEN HOW GOOGLE DOMINATES BUSINESS SOFTWARE WITH ITS “FREE” SERVICES THAT AREN’T REALLY FREE & I BELIEVE SERVES TO HARASS RIGHT-WING EMPLOYEES LIKE ME BY CREATING TECH ISSUES FOR ME THAT SEEMS TO WANT TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR ME TO PERFORM WELL AT MY JOB!

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