FTC report from 2012 reveals key staff recommended filing lawsuit against Google for anticompetitive tactics
so FTC did NOTHING Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Does WSJ's U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google Article Show Google Is Evil? Rich Edmonds / Android Central : FTC report recommended suing Google for antitrust practices Matt Rosoff / Business Insider : Google threatened to remove websites from its search engine unless they let Google use their content Scott Cleland / The Precursor Blog : FTC-Googlegate Scandal Repercussions in EU & U.S. streetfightmag.com : Street Fight Daily: FTC Considered Google Suit, Sears Bets on Inventory Ads Daniel O'Connor / Disruptive Competition Project : Online Competition Thriving Since the Closure of the FTC's Google Investigation Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times : Google engaged in anticompetitive behavior, internal FTC report says Mike Blumenthal / Understanding Google … : FTC Staff Findings Contradict 2013 Antitrust Decision Tweets: Tim O'Reilly / @timoreilly : Sad if true. RT@zeynep: Huge news. FTC report says Google “altered ranking criteria” specifically to hurt competitors http://www.wsj.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : It turns out, FTC staff believed Google was a monopoly abuser. FTC commissioners disagreed. A must read: http://www.wsj.com/... Jim Prosser / @jimprosser : If you believe release of FTC's Google investigation details was “inadvertent” I have some bad news about Santa. http://www.wsj.com/... Jennifer Valentino / @jenvalentino : Man. How come my FOIA requests never result in scathing internal unredacted documents being sent to me by accident? http://www.wsj.com/... Steven Norton / @steven_norton : “The FTC declined to release the undisclosed pages and asked the Journal to return the document” http://www.wsj.com/... Happy sunshine week! Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : Bottom line to the FTC anti-trust probe: While Google used anti-competitive tactics, consumers ultimately benefited http://www.wsj.com/... Miriam Gottfried / @miriamgottfried : FTC document shows Google estimated its search market share at 69% to 84% at a time when comScore put it at 65%. http://on.wsj.com/1BCSxGb Danny Yadron / @dannyyadron : “The report undercuts Google's oft-stated contention that the FTC found no evidence of wrongdoing.” http://on.wsj.com/1H4sFHU