Report: FTC Expanding Anti-Trust Investigation Of Google To Include Google+

Report: FTC Expanding Anti-Trust Investigation Of Google To Include "Search Plus"

Report: FTC Expanding Anti-Trust Investigation Of Google To Include Google+

The wide-ranging Federal Trade Commission investigation into Google’s potential anti-competitive practices has been expanded to include its Google+ social networking service, according to a Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with the situation.” The news is likely to please critics like the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which earlier this week called for the FTC to investigate the recent search changes called Search Plus Your World . Besides EPIC, many others, including Twitter , have questioned whether the new features favor Google’s own services over those of competitors . Google in June of last year acknowledged the probe by the FTC. Though the agency has never specified the scope of the investigation, it was reportedly focused on the company’s search business — trying to determine whether the search behemoth was somehow unfairly exploiting its dom...

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@Kittie_Walker » 17 Jan '12, 2pm
Not sure how this is going to pan out for Google - I think they have gone too far integrating social with search. [link]
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Looks like google have changed the SCO business forever. [link]
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@GinaVasselli » 16 Jan '12, 6pm
I'll be interested to see what comes out of the FTC's investigation into Google...again [link]
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Google not fair anymore. Favoring G+. Anti Trust Investigation investigates the tilt - [link]
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Is Google not fair any more? Favoring G+. Giving biased results- [link]
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@YorkshireCoasty » 16 Jan '12, 1pm
@BBCRoryCJ would love to see a report about this - [link]
@glSEOblog » 16 Jan '12, 11am
La FTC sta investigando su presunte pratiche di concorrenza sleale di Google con il social network Google+ [link]
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US Federal Trade commission reportedly expands its review of Google anti-competitive practices to include Google+ [link]
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@cisinternet » 15 Jan '12, 11pm
What do you think? Has Google crossed the line w/ Google+ impact on search results? [link]
@pkrons » 15 Jan '12, 8pm
[link] -Federal Trade Commission investigates Google Plus. Eager to to see how this plays out
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@elliotjones » 14 Jan '12, 6pm
[link] glad it's not just me who's been thinking this... can anyone show evidence that Google don't have a bit of a monopoly?
@ankushwrites » 14 Jan '12, 6pm
And now Google to face FTC music over Google+? [link] Funny? Unfair? Inevitable?
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More Problems for Google: FTC Goes After Google+ : [link]
@RonnyLam » 14 Jan '12, 2pm
Google+ wordt toegevoegd aan de anti-trust zaak tegen Google. Zou SPYW daar een rol in spelen? [link]
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Google, Google Plus e l'Antitrust [link]