DOJ Hires Outside Counsel as It Readies Antitrust Case Against Google: Report

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Attorney General William Barr said last year that the antitrust probes had been "moving very quickly" and that they were "talking very broadly with people and getting a lot of input from people in the industry and experts."

Barr told the Wall Street Journal CEO Council that the review was not just focused on antitrust issues, but also anti-competitive behavior. He said at the time the probes would be completed "some time" this year.

Days ago, the state of Arizona filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company used "unfair" practices to track the location data of its users even after they had turned off the tracking function. A Google spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the suit "mischaracterized" their services and that they have "always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data."

A congressional committee and subcommittee are also investigating all four big tech companies, and the Federal Trade Commission is reviewing one or more of them.

At an early hearing of the antitrust panel in July, executives of the four companies pushed back against lawmakers' accusations that they operate as monopolies, laying out ways in which they say they compete fairly, yet vigorously, against rivals in the marketplace.

Meanwhile, the attorneys general of 48 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have also opened an antitrust probe into Google and the company's "potential monopolistic behavior." The investigation is being led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who formally made the announcement on Sept. 9. 2019.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/doj-hires-outside-counsel-as-it-readies-antitrust-case-against-google-report_3369442.html

Sure hope you are right?

Quote from: nzone on May 30, 2020, 10:31:34 AM
Sure hope you are right?

Barr is killing the CCP Connection. Goog and all the rest are Marxist based, it's who they are and all have CCP ties. They will be brought to justice.

Quote from: Solar on May 30, 2020, 10:21:24 AM
DOJ Hires Outside Counsel as It Readies Antitrust Case Against Google: Report

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Attorney General William Barr said last year that the antitrust probes had been "moving very quickly" and that they were "talking very broadly with people and getting a lot of input from people in the industry and experts."

Barr told the Wall Street Journal CEO Council that the review was not just focused on antitrust issues, but also anti-competitive behavior. He said at the time the probes would be completed "some time" this year.

Days ago, the state of Arizona filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company used "unfair" practices to track the location data of its users even after they had turned off the tracking function. A Google spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the suit "mischaracterized" their services and that they have "always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data."

A congressional committee and subcommittee are also investigating all four big tech companies, and the Federal Trade Commission is reviewing one or more of them.

At an early hearing of the antitrust panel in July, executives of the four companies pushed back against lawmakers' accusations that they operate as monopolies, laying out ways in which they say they compete fairly, yet vigorously, against rivals in the marketplace.

Meanwhile, the attorneys general of 48 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have also opened an antitrust probe into Google and the company's "potential monopolistic behavior." The investigation is being led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who formally made the announcement on Sept. 9. 2019.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/doj-hires-outside-counsel-as-it-readies-antitrust-case-against-google-report_3369442.html

The doj may be in over their head. It might be less embarrassing all the way around if for the time being they go after the low-hanging fruit like John Brennan. It's good they hired outside help because they're damn sure going to need  it. If you're going after a CIA asset like Facebook or Google you better bring your lunch.

Quote from: Dirtbomb on May 30, 2020, 11:05:27 AM
The doj may be in over their head. It might be less embarrassing all the way around if for the time being they go after the low-hanging fruit like John Brennan. It's good they hired outside help because they're damn sure going to need  it. If you're going after a CIA asset like Facebook or Google you better bring your lunch.

Yep, but I think they already have their ducks in a row, that's why they're turning it over to an outside source, now.
I trust Trump knows exactly what he's doing.