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

[Adam Peake]

Hi Sala.

Yes, well said.

But how is it Internet governance? Do you think it would be
appropriate to have a session on "Google + Antitrust" at the 2013 IGF?
 How about "Google (and Mitt Romney) don't like paying taxes".

Thought not.

But you might also have seen :-)

However, seriously, as co-coordinator of the caucus could you please
make an attempt to keep discussions on subject.

Best,

Adam


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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