“A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the European Union’s examination of the company,” Ethan Bilby reports for Reuters.
“U.S. regulators on Thursday ended their investigation into the giant internet company, which runs the world’s most popular search engine,” Bilby reports. “Other internet companies, such as Microsoft Corp, had complained about Google tweaking its search results to give prominence to its own products. But the FTC said there was not enough evidence to pursue a big search-bias case.”
Bilby reports, “If it fails to address the complaints and is found guilty, Google could eventually be fined [by the European Commission] up to 10 percent of its revenue – a fine of up to $4 billion.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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You have no evidence of actual corruption, or you would provide it. Just because you say it does not make it true. Please give up your pointless tirades and get a life.
boy, you sure are right Mel, The Mole is a paragon of virtue and you are the smartest guy that ever lived,
The Smartest Guys That Ever Lived:
1. King Mel
2. Isaac Newton
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Leonardo
5. Thomas Edison
The Most Virtuous Guys That Ever Lived:
1. Eric Schmidt
2. Jesus Of Nazareth
3. Gandhi
4. Mohammad
5. Confucius
Between Googleand Samsung they could be a lot of help to the European
massive debt crisis
You beat me too it. LOL
How does it compare to the USA debt crisis?
I’m no lover of Google, but who would ask google about, say, translation services and not expect them to give prominence to their own? Protecting the stupid?
If people don’t like Google’s practices, then they will begin using another option, such as DuckDuckGo or Yahoo. I don’t like Google, but I don’t see anything wrong with Google promoting paid results and/or their own stuff as long as they make it clear that search results are manipulated by Google. After all, businesses have manipulated search results for years in attempts to get their name at the top.
If we want to make a difference, then let’s start a non-profit search engine with different rules. Frankly, I believe that Google’s search engine stagnated years ago and has become less and less useful over time.