FTC to put Google under a microscope, try to uncover its anti-competitive ways?

Google’s drawn the ire of the Federal Trade Commission before for failing to follow its own privacy policies . Now, however, the Mountain View crew is apparently facing a formal inquiry from the FTC as it seeks information about Google’s search and advertising business. The civil investigative demands are set to be sent out within the next five days, according to the Wall Street Journal , and the commission will be looking into whether Google’s search engine illegally routs all those internet eyeballs scanning its site to its own services instead of those offered by competitors. Sound familiar? It should, because Google’s under investigation for similar anticompetitive accusations made in Europe — somewhere Steve Ballmer is smiling. FTC to put Google under a microscope, try to uncover its anti-competitive ways? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Posted by on June 23, 2011. Filed under News, Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.