Wall Street Journal Posts
WSJ Column Misses the Mark on FTC’s Google Review
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
“What people really want are answers,” Wall Street Journal columnist L. Gordon Crovitz recently opined in a column defending Google’s acquisition of the Frommer’s travel brand and criticizing the ongoing Federal Trade Commission investigation of the company. It’s not the first time Crovitz has bought into Google’s spin on its anticompetitive behavior and misrepresented the Read more »
Google’s Mounting Violations Make Case For Broad Changes to Search Giant’s Practices
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Google is reportedly close to paying a $22.5 million fine to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission – the largest penalty ever levied by the agency – for disregarding the privacy settings of millions of consumers. According to The Wall Street Journal, Google bypassed the privacy settings of consumers using Apple Inc.’s Safari Web browser on Read more »
Abbott to Google: Don’t Mess with Texas
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Big news out of the Texas Attorney General’s office today. According to MLex, Texas AG Greg Abbott is suing Google in state court saying that the company has “failed to fully comply with earlier investigative subpoenas to produce documents around the state’s antitrust investigation of Google’s search and advertising practices.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Read more »
Why “Why I Left Google” Matters for Consumers
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Earlier this week, former Google executive James Whittaker published a blog post explaining why he left the company. One line in particular caught our eye: “The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus.” Describing Read more »
Gobble Gobble Google: Papers Highlight Concern About Google’s Growth and Regulators’ Ability to Protect Consumers and Competition
Monday, December 13th, 2010
FairSearch.org was formed out of concern that Google’s proposed purchase of ITA Software would limit competition and innovation in online travel that benefits consumers. Today, two major U.S. news outlets cite others echoing those concerns. The Wall Street Journal’s Amir Efrati reports complaints that Google is “displaying links to its own services—such as local-business information Read more »
