Congressman Warns FTC: Leave Google Alone

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @02:04AM from the there-is-only-one-ftc dept.

concealment writes with this selection from Ars Technica: "A Democratic congressman who played a leading role in the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act earlier this year has taken up a new cause: shielding Google from antitrust scrutiny. In a strongly worded letter to Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) praised Google's contribution to the nation's economy. He warned Leibowitz that if the FTC does choose to initiate an antitrust case against Google, Congress might react by curtailing its regulatory authority."

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Re:Leave Google Alone! by crazyjj · 2012-10-16 02:34 · Score: 5, Informative

I don't know, but why always a congressman sticks his nose in something it starts smelling fishy.
Maybe because Congressmen rarely do anything when they don't have a direct vested interest in the corporation involved.

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