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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case

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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the de-facto federal privacy regulator, said on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposal to make Alphabet’s Google share search data with competitors includes adequate safeguards to protect users’ privacy. The proposal is part of a range of measures the DOJ says are necessary to open up the online … Read more

Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company

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Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company

Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, citing national security concerns, according to people familiar with the discussions.  Representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the US … Read more