F.T.C. Staff Prepares Antitrust Case Against Google Over Search (ed altro)

F.T.C. Staff Prepares Antitrust Case Against Google Over Search – NYTimes.com.

The areas of inquiry include accusations of manipulating the search results it displays to favor Google commerce services it has developed like Google Shopping for buying goods and Google Places for advertising local restaurants and businesses. In the civilian subpoenas, the F.T.C. calls this “preferencing.”

The investigators are also looking into whether Google’s automated
advertising marketplace, AdWords, discriminates against advertisers from
competing online commerce services like comparison shopping sites and
consumer review Web sites.

The government is also investigating Google’s practices in the
smartphone industry, inquiring if its contracts with handset makers and
carriers prevent them from removing or modifying Google products, like
its Android operating system or Google search. In addition, it is
looking into Google’s use of smartphone patents

But regulators, antitrust experts say, will most likely push for more
sweeping commitments on Google’s corporate conduct in the future to try
to ensure that the company will not use its powerful position in
Internet search to give it an unfair advantage in other businesses and
stifle competition, which antitrust prohibits.

chi fa il gatekeeper, puo’ anche fare il contenuto ? – a Quinta ‘s weblog

IMHO, sarebbe meglio di no. Scrissi un post molto tempo fa al riguardo.
anche
la finanza è regolamentata in modo simile modo (non con grande
successo, ma immginiamoci se non lo fosse!) con le pareti cinesi: chi fa
studi (e da le opinoini sugli investimenti, su dove andare a mettere i
tuoi quattrini) non deve comunicare con chi degli investimenti
beneficia.

ovvero chi fa gli interessi dalla domanda e chi fa gli interessi dell’offerta devono essere separati.

imho

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