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Watchdog Wants Google’s Head as Google’s Lobbying Spend Jumps 57%
Consumer groups and privacy watchdogs suspicious of Google Creep -- its growing size and extension on the Web -- are looking at Google's moves in Washington, D.C., with the flinty enthusiasm of fire and brimstone preachers.
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Consumer Watchdog Calls on Justice Department to Launch Antitrust Action Against Google, Including Possible Breakup
By John Simpson
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a broad antitrust action against Google seeking remedial action that could include breaking the Internet giant into separate companies.
Continue reading...Google Spent $1.38 Million on Federal Lobbying in Q1
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Google spent $4.03 million lobbying the federal government last year, according to records on the Senate site, compared with Microsoft Corp's $6.72 million and Oracle Corp's $5.10 million. First-quarter figures from those companies were expected to be filed by the end of Tuesday. John Simpson, a consumer advocate with the group Consumer Watchdog, said the latest data shows the extent to which Google is increasing its lobbying efforts. Google has "gone from no presence in Washington, to really now what's one of the biggest lobby shops around," Simpson said.
Continue reading...Google’s Lobbying Spending Soars 57 Percent
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Google increased its lobbying spending in the first quarter by a whopping 57 percent over the previous year as it paid $1.3 million to influence lawmakers and regulators, according to public records filed today. “Google is relatively new to the influence-peddling game, but they’re now one of the highest rollers in Washington,” said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Consumer Group to Call for Google Break up
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Consumer Watchdog, the Santa Monica group that's proving a perpetual thorn in the side of Google Inc., plans to call on the Justice Department to launch an antitrust action against the search giant and seek remedies including a possible break up.
Continue reading...Should Google Be Broken Up Into Several Companies?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
A Santa Monica, Calif.-based consumer watchdog group called, er, "Consumer Watchdog" intends to ask the U.S. Justice Department tomorrow during a press conference to investigate and take antitrust action against Google. The action they're calling for includes breaking up the company into "baby Googs."
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Responds to Consumer Watchdog
Friday, April 16, 2010
Buzzed Gmail Outs Google Ties to Obama’s Deputy CTO
Friday, April 2, 2010
Ex-Googler Hoist By Mountain View’s Own Petard It would be hard to imagine a better Google story. If the company’s own web services somehow outed the most intimate secrets of CEO Eric Schmidt – a man who says net privacy is only for miscreants – that would surely be Google story to end all Google […]
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Files White House FOIA Request For Ex-Googler’s Email
Thursday, April 1, 2010
White House Internet Policy Chief Andrew McLaughlin’s “Buzz” Profile Showed Continued Ties To Internet Giant WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Watchdog filed a Freedom of Information Act request today with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy seeking copies of email between Internet Policy chief Andrew McLaughlin and his former employer, Google Inc. The […]
Continue reading...As Google’s lobbyists’ efforts soar, they claim to speak for you
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
It's not surprising that Google wants clout in Washington and is willing to spend big bucks to ensure that its corporate voice is heard. What surprised me, though, is the...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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