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Google Accused of Interfering With South Korean FTC Investigation

Posted by Unknown on from the only-do-evil-occasionally dept.

New submitter DCTech writes "South Korea's Fair Trade Commission is accusing Google of methodically interfering with an anti-competition investigation into Android. 'Google deleted files and made its employees work from home in an attempt to frustrate the investigation, alleges the commission in an interview with a South Korean newspaper [machine translation]. The non-cooperation allegedly came after Google's Seoul office was raided by the commission's officials in September. The anti-competition probers were looking into whether Google's Android phones unfairly prioritize Google search and are "systematically designed" to make it difficult to switch to another option'. Now the South Korean watchdog is considering maximum fines for Google's non-compliance. Google is currently under investigation for similar anti-competition issues in Europe and the U.S."

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  1. Re:Really? by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm afraid that Google has 100% share of my brain. When I think "search" I go straight to Google, and start typing. I don't think Yahoo, or Bing or other search engine. Hell, I don't even know if Yahoo runs its own search anymore or not. And I've gone to "Bing" and find it distractingly pretty. I don't even want to go there, I just want the mostly white space of Google, where I can find what I want and not let my ADD get the better of me.

    I do get "Bing" for a certain group of people who want "pretty". Yeah, I get that, it just isn't for me. It is going to be hard for me ever switch from Google.

    --
    Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
  2. bonch,DCTech,etc all same person's troll acounts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://slashdot.org/~bonch
    http://slashdot.org/~SharkLaser
    http://slashdot.org/~DCTech

    and countless others that have been modded into oblivion for trolling.

  3. Re:"If this was Microsoft" by mkiwi · · Score: 1, Troll

    Please take the following as a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the parent's comment:

    Vampires have often found it advantageous to maintain a hidden presence in humanity’s most powerful institutions. In the 1600s, it was the Catholic church, and today, as you all know, it’s Google and Fox News.
    — ‘True Blood’ vampire king Bill Compton