[governance] Fwd: [ NNSquad ] New York Post: FTC reportedly will find that Google did not violate antitrust laws

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

> Does the G in IGC now stand for Google?
>
> :-)
>
> Adam
>
>
It is entertaining to watch feathers ruffled when criticisms against Google
is launched.

Google is not bad - really, it is not a monster - it has done and continues
to lots of great work - but the whole point of Internet Governance is to
engage in discussions on issues that affect stakeholders. We are very
appreciative of the wonderful things that Google has done in relation to
helping Japan recover from the Tsunami through getting victims to post
messages - helping out in Haiti during the earth quake. At the same time
there are certain aspects of Google's operations that require discussion.

The same can be said when critiquing other stakeholders within the Internet
Governance and the point is not the critiquing but in the constructive
dialogue of how things can be improved to impact on the average end user.



> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:07 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I will leave the editorialising to others...
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren at vortex.com>
> > Date: Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:28 PM
> > Subject: [ NNSquad ] New York Post: FTC reportedly will find that Google
> did
> > not violate antitrust laws
> > To: nnsquad at nnsquad.org
> >
> >
> >
> > New York Post: FTC reportedly will find that Google did not violate
> > antitrust laws
> >
> > http://j.mp/TdAByO  (New York Post)
> >
> >    "Federal regulators are expected to close a year-long probe of
> Google's
> >     search business without finding any antitrust violations, The Post
> has
> >     learned.  The Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce before
> >     the end of the year that Google's search engine did not cause any
> >     consumer harm or favor its own businesses, sources close to the
> >     situation said."
> >
> >  - - -
> >
> > Hoping this report from The New York Post is correct.  There obviously
> > has been no consumer harm, and the attacks on Google in this sphere
> > have been driven by Google's competitors who just can't match the
> > quality of Google's services on their own.
> >
> > --Lauren--
> > Lauren Weinstein (lauren at vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
> > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility:
> > http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder:
> >  - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
> >  - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
> >  - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
> >  - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance:
> > http://www.gctip.org
> > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
> > Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter:
> http://vortex.com/t-lauren
> > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > McTim
> > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> > indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
> >
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