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by yyyk 1057 days ago
>The FTC has been more active on anti-trust issues in the past two years than at any time in the past 30.... That's a direct result of the 2020 election.

Active against Google though? Remember, Google can help a certain political party in tough times (e.g. rollout of healthcare.gov).
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coldpie 1057 days ago
So can Microsoft and Amazon, surely? Yet they're getting a lot of scrutiny from the FTC right now.
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yyyk 1057 days ago
Yes, but Google has a strong existing relationship, the D party owes them for that one and some other favours. Can you find a link for any recent FTC action against Google (not against Google's competitors or some tiny subsidiary of Google)? I hope I'm wrong here.
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coldpie 1057 days ago
I don't see anything significant from the FTC specifically regarding Google, but there is an ongoing DOJ lawsuit. Possibly they don't want to step on that? I admit I don't really understand the roles of the DOJ versus the FTC regarding anti-trust enforcement. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-googl...
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Mountain_Skies 1057 days ago
Wake me up with they actually do something instead of making announcements of looking into the possibility of perhaps one day sending a strongly worded letter asking their tech buddies to calm down a little bit, if they're so inclined. Until then, this is campaign fodder and nothing else.
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coldpie 1057 days ago
Okay, here's your alarm clock going off:

"FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ftc-rewrites-rul...

"FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the...

"The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon today, claiming the online giant violated US law by tricking consumers into signing up for the $14.99-per-month Amazon Prime subscription service and making it annoyingly difficult to cancel."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-sues-amazon-...

"FTC files to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition"

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/report-ftc-will-file-...

"A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed yesterday accused Ring, the home security camera company owned by Amazon, of invading users' privacy"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-...

"Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle an FTC complaint that its Xbox platform illegally collected and retained information about children without their parents' consent"

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations...

And that's all just from one news source, in the last three months.

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