Google Search Probe by U.S. Should Get New Look, Utah Says

  • Utah, D.C. urge FTC to revisit case in light of EU complaint
  • FTC closed antitrust investigation into Google search in 2013
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U.S. antitrust officials should consider revisiting their closed investigation into Google’s search practices in light of claims by the European Union that the company manipulates results, said Utah’s attorney general.

The Federal Trade Commission’s decision in 2013 not to bring a case against the company was followed about two years later by the European Commission’s complaint accusing Google of abusing its dominance of the search-engine market.