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Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google
wsj.com ^ | 5/31/19 | no byline

Posted on 05/31/2019 5:41:39 PM PDT by ransomnote

May 31, 2019 8:26 p.m. ET Breaking News :

*Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google, Sources Say

*Justice Department Antitrust Investigation Expected to Examine Google Practices Related to Search and Other Businesses, Sources Say

*Federal Trade Commission Investigated Google Several Years Ago, Will Defer to Justice Department This Time, Sources Say

(More to come)

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: antitrust; doj; freespeech; google; liberals
That little snippet above is all the information available at WSJ.com at the time of this posting.
1 posted on 05/31/2019 5:41:39 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Guess we’ll see which is more powerful. I’m betting google.


2 posted on 05/31/2019 5:46:23 PM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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To: ransomnote; semimojo
Good.

Ping to Semimojo.

3 posted on 05/31/2019 5:55:07 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no o<ither sovereignty.")
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To: ransomnote

It has begun...


4 posted on 05/31/2019 5:58:02 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: ransomnote

There should be antitrust investigation on all big tech companies, not just Google. The amount of power they have is incredible and we are already seeing their influence on silencing conservative viewpoints.


5 posted on 05/31/2019 6:00:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ransomnote
Google Inc.: Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2018 cycle: House: Total to Democrats: $453,500; Total to Republicans: $513,000; Senate: Total to Democrats: $114,322; Total to Republicans: $64,500
6 posted on 05/31/2019 6:01:35 PM PDT by Fedora
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Alphabet Inc: 2020 Total $417,799 Democrats $341,335 Republicans $74,214 Percentage to Democrats 82% Percentage to Republicans 18%
7 posted on 05/31/2019 6:04:44 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora
Money to congressional candidates: 2018 Cycle: Top recipients: House O'Rourke, Beto (D-TX) $268,148
8 posted on 05/31/2019 6:06:26 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: bgill

That may depend on the contents of a certain gratuitously oversized envelope.


9 posted on 05/31/2019 6:13:43 PM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: ransomnote

Great news!


10 posted on 05/31/2019 6:25:40 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: ransomnote

bookmark


11 posted on 05/31/2019 6:33:29 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: ransomnote

Excellent! Alphabet is FAR more dangerous and FAR more in need of breaking up than Facebook or Twitter.


12 posted on 05/31/2019 6:39:41 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: ransomnote

What a savior in in Trump. Thank you all for your votes.


13 posted on 05/31/2019 7:23:29 PM PDT by Digger
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To: DiogenesLamp
Good.

If they're engaging in illegal activity we should throw the book at them.

Refusing to let opportunists use their platform to make money while violating their terms of service isn't illegal.

14 posted on 05/31/2019 8:07:34 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: ransomnote

Stick the bastards hard! Pluck’m, see if they’re ripe.


15 posted on 05/31/2019 8:09:14 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: ransomnote

thank the Lord! It’s about F-ing time! Me and Miz Catnipman were just lamenting earlier this week that antitrust enforcement seemed to have gone non-existent ...

Next they need to go after amazon, and then after that, facebook and twitter!


16 posted on 05/31/2019 10:56:58 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ransomnote
Great news if it is true. I hope the DOJ really focuses on Google and goes after them.

I mentioned on this forum one or two years ago that Google has become too big and too powerful, in controlling information and who/what gets heard and who/what gets blocked, who gets a boost and who gets slimed or gagged.

Google, along with Facebook and Twitter have got together and decided that they are going to use their considerable collective power to make sure far left wing progressive-liberal-democrat politicians and ideas get a boost and help to win. A very dangerous situation for a democracy.

They have decided that 50% of this country, who have any conservative leanings should be gagged and smeared.

17 posted on 05/31/2019 11:13:36 PM PDT by Moorings
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