The NYT editorial doesn't reference this, but recently the French government declared that Google was a monopoly and went on to prohibit Google from banning a F

The NYT editorial doesn't reference this, but recently the French government declared that Google was a monopoly and went on to prohibit Google from banning a French company based on Google's sense of what was moral and what was immoral. See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/business/02norris.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/business/02norris.html Having determined Google has a monopoly, the agency ordered the company to resume offering its services to a French company called Navx, which sells a database to let drivers know where the French police are likely to have radar traps in operation. Google found Navx’s business distasteful - it is arguable that Navx’s customers use the product to help them act illegally with impunity - so last November, Google stopped doing business with Navx. As a result, those using search terms like "radar trap" in French could no longer learn of the company’s product and, a few clicks later, buy it. Navx complained to the French government, saying its sales had plunged and that as a result it was facing problems raising capital. On Wednesday, the authority ordered Google to resume selling ads to Navx and to produce clear policies on when advertisers would be turned down. "Discriminatory practices may harm competition," the authority said, "when customers of a company holding a dominant position find themselves disadvantaged in the competition on their own market."