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The likelihood of the United States government investigating Google for anti-trust violations increased today as senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee called on the Federal Trade Commission to look into certain alleged practices. Specifically, they believe that Google favors its own services in its search results.
To get a better understanding of where this is coming from, we need to go back in time to September. At that time, Google's chairman Eric Schmidt testified in person in front of the United States Senate's antitrust subcommittee. You can read a summary of the three-hour hearing from Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land. The subcommittee meeting was attended by both Herman Kohl (a Democrat, and the chairman of the subcommittee) and Mike Lee (a Republican). The latter went after Schmidt like a cross-examining lawyer at a trial, according to Sterling. So what is Lee's problem with Google? Lee not...Author:... |