{"id":30567,"date":"2012-10-12T20:50:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T02:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/ftc-targets-google.html"},"modified":"2012-10-16T07:48:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:48:50","slug":"ftc-targets-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/ftc-targets-google.html","title":{"rendered":"FTC targets Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hmmmmm.<\/p>\n

I find the comparison between Google and Microsoft more than a bit strained, but perhaps I am prejudiced. But Google is just one of the online search services around (indeed, Microsoft remains a viable competitor), and the barrier for people to hope from one to another is much lower than the OS (and browser) monopoly Microsoft had back in the day (and, heck, today).<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Breaking News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FTC staff prepares recommendation that the US sue Google for antitrust violations<\/b><\/p>\n

The Federal Trade Commission, reports the New York Times, is raising the ante in its antitrust confrontation with Google as the agency\u2019s staff is preparing a recommendation that the government sue the search giant.<\/p>\n

The staff\u2019s recommendation is contained in a draft memo that is being shared with the five FTC commissioners, two people familiar with the inquiry told the Times.<\/p>\n

The memo is still being edited and changes could be made, but these are mostly fine-tuning and will not alter the conclusions reached after an investigation that began more than a year ago, said these people.<\/p>\n

Read more from the Times here<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tF.T.C. Staff Prepares Antitrust Case Against Google Over Search<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn a draft recommendation for a government suit, a main issue is whether the company has manipulated search results to favor its own products.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Google+:<\/strong> View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hmmmmm. I find the comparison between Google and Microsoft more than a bit strained, but perhaps I am prejudiced. But Google is just one of the online search services around (indeed, Microsoft remains a viable competitor), and the barrier for people to hope from one to another is much lower than the OS (and browser) … Continue reading “FTC targets Google”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133465,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/12\/ftc-sets-forth-to-smite-tech-support-scams.html","url_meta":{"origin":30567,"position":0},"title":"FTC sets forth to smite tech support scams","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 12-May-17 1:11pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I know folk who've been burned by this kind of thing. 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