Perspective
Jan. 10, 2013
Search results protected by the First Amendment
First Amendment considerations should have stopped the FTC's investigation at the outset. That freedom of speech is never mentioned in the agency's statement is, well, bizarre. By Peter Scheer
Christmas 2013 came early for Google as the Federal Trade Commission, following a two-year investigation into allegations of anticompetitive practices, announced a settlement that spares Google a battle royale with the government over its core business: the selection and presentation of search results.
Although the FTC extracted concessions from Google in other areas, the agency rejected the central charge - lodged by Google competitors ...
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