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FTC: Google does not violate anti-trust laws
Source: CBS/AP
CBS/AP/ January 3, 2013, 1:39 PM
FTC: Google does not violate anti-trust laws
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it would end its 19-month investigation of search giant Google over questions of the firm's business practices.
The FTC's investigation focused on allegations that Google has been abusing its dominance in Internet search. Google's rivals say the company has been highlighting its own services on its influential results page while burying the links to competing sites.
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The FTC said it voted unanimously to close the investigation on whether Google's algorithm unfairly favored itself because there was no evidence that Google violated antitrust laws.
"Although some evidence suggested that Google was trying to eliminate competition, Google's primary reason for changing the look and feel of its search results to highlight its own products was to improve the user experience," FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said to reporters Thursday.
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FTC: Google does not violate anti-trust laws
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it would end its 19-month investigation of search giant Google over questions of the firm's business practices.
The FTC's investigation focused on allegations that Google has been abusing its dominance in Internet search. Google's rivals say the company has been highlighting its own services on its influential results page while burying the links to competing sites.
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The FTC said it voted unanimously to close the investigation on whether Google's algorithm unfairly favored itself because there was no evidence that Google violated antitrust laws.
"Although some evidence suggested that Google was trying to eliminate competition, Google's primary reason for changing the look and feel of its search results to highlight its own products was to improve the user experience," FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said to reporters Thursday.
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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57561864/ftc-google-does-not-violate-anti-trust-laws/