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Consumer Watchdog Praises Europe’s Planned Antitrust Charges Against Google
Group Says Action Should Benefit Americans After FTC’s Failure To Act Decisively SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today welcomed news reports that Europe’s competition authorities plan to file formal antitrust charges against Google on Wednesday and added that the action should benefit Americans after the Federal Trade Commission’s failure to take decisive action against the Internet giant.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges Europe To File Antitrust Charges Against Google
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to file formal charges against Google in the European Commission’s ongoing antitrust investigation of the Internet giant.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls On FTC To Re-Open Its Google Investigation; Asks Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee To Hold Hearing On How Google Escaped Prosecution
Friday, March 20, 2015
WASHINGTON – Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to re-open its antitrust investigation of Google and urged the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee to hold a hearing probing how the Internet giant escaped prosecution for its anticompetitive practices.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges European Parliament To Approve Call To Break Up Google
Thursday, November 27, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today urged the European Parliament to pass a resolution calling for the break-up of Google to end the Internet giant’s monopolistic dominance, a remedy that the U.S. public interest group proposed more than four years ago.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
Public Interest Group Proposed This Plan To End Search Dominance 4 Years Ago
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls On Texas AG To Press Antitrust Case Against Google
Thursday, February 13, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today urged Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to press forward with an antitrust case against Google for unfairly manipulating search results favoring its own services damaging both competitors and consumers.
Continue reading...EU Settlement With Google Unacceptable Consumer Watchdog Says; Group Calls for Release Of Newest Commitment Document Offered To Competition Commissioner
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – The settlement to end the European antitrust investigation of Google described today by Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia is unacceptable, Consumer Watchdog said and the group added that Google’s third Commitment document must be made public.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Complains To FTC About Deception In Google Shopping Results
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about the deceptive and unfair way Google displays results from its comparison shopping engine, Google Shopping, in its search results, the nonprofit public interest group said today.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Finds Consumers Pay More Because of Google’s Search Monopoly
Monday, November 25, 2013
SANTA MONICA – Google is taking advantage of its monopoly position in search to charge merchants more for placement in Google Shopping, causing higher prices for consumers, a Consumer Watchdog study has found. The nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group is filing the study, made Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, with the European Commission as part of the group’s comments on a proposal to settle the Commission’s antitrust investigation of Google.
Continue reading...Trust Busters Put Google In Crosshairs
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Consumer Watchdog, a vocal anti-Google advocacy group, has urged regulators to consider breaking up Google. The group says the company’s search engine is a "gateway" to the Web and that it should be forced to spin off some of its businesses to ensure that it doesn't have an unfair advantage.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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