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I beg everyone answer my question. The anti-trust laws are originated from USA. The anti-monopolies rules are much harsher in US than those of Europe. Why did n

I beg everyone answer my question. The anti-trust laws are originated from USA. The anti-monopolies rules are much harsher in US than those of Europe. Why did not federal government pick this up? Since a lot of the companies that are disadvantaged by this Google practice are Us companies. Also I have to agree that this ruling is tough but fair. And the writing is very concise by easy to understand. it is good writing no matter you like the ruling or not.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
It's really simple: Corruption. The former FTC Commissioner, Joshua Wright, was actually paid to fabricate academic studies claiming Google wasn't a monopoly, which Google then used as 'independent' expert testimony. Google's funded about half of Congress in some way or another. Dozens of Googlers held high-ranking positions in the Obama Administration's White House. (Including many relating to tech, such as the head of the Patent and Trademark Office, the White House's CTO, etc.) Google has invested significant money, resources, and manpower in the United States government, and at least, during the Obama administration, was perceived as an ally to the general agenda. We have yet to see how much changes under Trump, the rumor is Joshua Wright is already back involved with the FTC, but the Trump administration has lagged on actually getting all these agencies re-staffed, and who knows what'll actually happen: https://theintercept.com/2016/11/15/google-gets-a-seat-on-the-trump-transition-team/ https://theintercept.com/2016/11/15/google-gets-a-seat-on-th...
tannhaeuser 9y ago
The US antitrust regulation that led Google's acquisition of DoubleClick and Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp happen? That one?
tyingq 9y ago
The FTC did investigate Google for this exact same thing, and the investigators recommended action be taken. http://graphics.wsj.com/google-ftc-report/ http://graphics.wsj.com/google-ftc-report/ "Staff concludes that Google's conduct has resulted - and will result - in real harm to consumers and to innovation in the online search and advertising markets. Google has strengthened its monopolies over search and search advertising through anticompetitive means..." It went nowhere though: "The staff recommended bringing a lawsuit challenging certain Google practices. The Commission ultimately voted, 5-0, not to bring charges against Google."
trevos 9y ago
According to official logs, Google lobbyists were at the Obama White House more than once a week on average. Donations to Democrats over Republicans was something like a 95-5 ratio from Google staff. Multiple former and future Google employees were top election campaign staff. That kind of near-perfect integration between the world's most powerful information corporation and the world's most powerful government was never going to be undermined by something as nebulous as "monopolistic business practices."

ocdtrekkie 9y ago

It's really simple: Corruption. The former FTC Commissioner, Joshua Wright, was actually paid to fabricate academic studies claiming Google wasn't a monopoly, which Google then used as 'independent' expert testimony. Google's funded about half of Congress in some way or another. Dozens of Googlers held high-ranking positions in the Obama Administration's White House. (Including many relating to tech, such as the head of the Patent and Trademark Office, the White House's CTO, etc.) Google has invested significant money, resources, and manpower in the United States government, and at least, during the Obama administration, was perceived as an ally to the general agenda. We have yet to see how much changes under Trump, the rumor is Joshua Wright is already back involved with the FTC, but the Trump administration has lagged on actually getting all these agencies re-staffed, and who knows what'll actually happen: https://theintercept.com/2016/11/15/google-gets-a-seat-on-the-trump-transition-team/ https://theintercept.com/2016/11/15/google-gets-a-seat-on-th...

tannhaeuser 9y ago

The US antitrust regulation that led Google's acquisition of DoubleClick and Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp happen? That one?

tyingq 9y ago

The FTC did investigate Google for this exact same thing, and the investigators recommended action be taken. http://graphics.wsj.com/google-ftc-report/ http://graphics.wsj.com/google-ftc-report/ "Staff concludes that Google's conduct has resulted - and will result - in real harm to consumers and to innovation in the online search and advertising markets. Google has strengthened its monopolies over search and search advertising through anticompetitive means..." It went nowhere though: "The staff recommended bringing a lawsuit challenging certain Google practices. The Commission ultimately voted, 5-0, not to bring charges against Google."

trevos 9y ago

According to official logs, Google lobbyists were at the Obama White House more than once a week on average. Donations to Democrats over Republicans was something like a 95-5 ratio from Google staff. Multiple former and future Google employees were top election campaign staff. That kind of near-perfect integration between the world's most powerful information corporation and the world's most powerful government was never going to be undermined by something as nebulous as "monopolistic business practices."