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Google dodged a particularly large legal bullet on January 3rd, when America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the resu
Google dodged a particularly large legal bullet on January 3rd, when America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the resu
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2019-08-17
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Google
dodged
a particularly large legal bullet on January 3rd, when America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the results of a long-running investigation into allegations that the internet giant has been abusing its dominant position in online search to promote its own businesses at the expense of rivals. Google’s competitors had hoped the FTC would put a stop to what they have labeled "search bias", which would have greatly impaired the web firm’s commercial prospects. But in the event, the commission found no evidence that Google was suppressing competition in this way.
That is a significant victory for the company, which has long argued that it should be allowed to cross-promote services such as travel-related offerings via its search engine. The FTC ruled that Google’s "universal search" service, which prominently displays Google companies in results to shopping searches, and other tweaks to the firm’s search algorithms, could be considered as innovations that improved the experience of users. Beth Wilkinson, the lawyer, said that although Google took "aggressive actions" to gain competitive advantage over rivals, its tactics "did not violate competition law".
In other areas, however, the firm has had to make concessions. On patents, Google has agreed to license other firms’ patents deemed essential to make popular devices such as smart-phones on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms". This matters, because the web giant pocketed thousands of patents when it swallowed up Motorola Mobility. The FTC alleges that Google then broke its commitment to license essential patents on fair terms and used legal injunctions to stop some rivals from using them. Google has also agreed to allow other websites to remove pieces of their content, such as consumer reviews, from Google’s specialized search offerings in areas such as shopping, while leaving them on display in its general search service. It has also pledged to make it easier for advertisers to shift data generated by ad campaigns run on Google to other search engines.
None of this has impressed Google’s most furious critics. For example, the deputy-general counsel of Microsoft, Google’s arch-rival in search, said it was doubtful that Google could be trusted "on the basis of non-binding assurances that it will not abuse its market position further".
Such sour grapes are hardly surprising, but as Ms. Wilkinson noted in the commission’s statement on the settlement with Google, "the FTC’s mission is to protect competition, and not individual competitors. " The commission’ approach to Google’s case makes sense in a market where rapid changes in technology and shifts in the competitive landscape mean that heavy-handed regulation is likely to cause far more harm than good.
The antitrust battle is not yet over in America, where Google’s activities are also being scrutinized by the attorneys general of several states. But this week’s settlement will greatly strengthen Google’s hand in any future legal combat there.
The FTC believed that________.
选项
A、Google has biased search results to promote its own businesses
B、Google has not gained competitive advantage over its rivals
C、cross-promote services are a violation to competition law
D、universal search service is a pro-consumer activity
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。第二段第二句指出,FTC对待谷歌整合搜索服务的态度:可认为是改善用户体验的技术革新,即该搜索服务能够便利消费者,故D项为答案。由第一段最后一句可知,FTC调查结果显示,没有证据能够表明谷歌采取了搜索垄断来遏制竞争,故A项错误;由第二段最后一句可知,谷歌采取了过激行为来获得竞争优势,故B项错误。第二段第一句提到,谷歌一直在用交叉推广服务,而谷歌逃过竞争对手的指控则说明此服务并不违反竞争法,故C项错误。
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