Perspective
Feb. 19, 2014
Google-EU settlement shows policy split
The search giant's settlement with the EU shows a serious rift between the two most influential competition authorities worldwide - and their very different value systems. By Glenn B. Manishin
Thirteen months after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission settled its antitrust investigation of Google Inc. by flatly declining to regulate the company's search practices, the European Union is poised to do just that. This development highlights a serious rift between the two most influential competition authorities worldwide - and their very different value systems.
It has been true for years that on important Internet policy is...
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