Charges of Google’s ‘Illegal’ Search Get Prime-Time TV Treatment
- ’60 Minutes’ highlights frequent Google critics in EU, U.S.
- Episode makes no mention of any additional regulation
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A “60 Minutes” segment devoted to assertions that Alphabet Inc.’s Google wields a destructive monopoly in online search hammered home the notion of the company’s dominance during a time of heightened public concern with technology giants, while not surfacing new allegations.
The segment on the CBS television program highlighted how critics and rivals, such as Yelp Inc., are trying to bring Europe’s antitrust approach to Google to the U.S. Margrathe Vestager, the European Union competition commissioner, told CBS that she is intent on stopping Google’s "illegal behavior" in search, suggesting that the regulator isn’t appeased with the company’s proposed solution for the hefty charges the EU filed last year.