Inside Google

Google, like Slick Willie Sutton, goes where the money is

John M. Simpson

Google is crowing about a decision from the European Court of Justice Tuesday that says it has
the legal right to continue exploiting other people’s good names in its
quest to pile up more cash.

Google does the right thing in China, but not necessarily for the right reason

John M. Simpson

Google
stopped self-censoring its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, on Monday and
redirected that site’s visitors to Google.com.hk, its site based in Hong Kong.
As part of the move Google starting making search results on the Hong
Kong site available in simplified Chinese characters, which are used in the
People’s Republic of China.

Google China: Search Engine’s Stand Against Censorship Welcomed By Campaigners

Caroline Davies

Google’s decision to stop filtering search results hailed as triumph for internet freedom and a boost to the people for China

Consumer Watchdog, the California consumer, education and advocacy
organization agreed: "Google should be commended for its action. The
internet giant should never have censored results in the first place,
but the action is a strong move towards supporting freedom of speech on
the internet," said consumer advocate John Simpson.

What is Google hiding?

John M. Simpson

Thousands of pages of documents were unsealed in U.S. Court in New York Thursday in the $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed against YouTube and …

Press Release

Signs Google is worried about AdMob deal

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

Internet giant Google appears to be concerned that its proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob is…

FTC commissioner blasts Google and Facebook

John M. Simpson

Outgoing Federal Trade Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour blasted Google and Facebook on Wednesday for insufficient concern about consumers’ privacy.

Harbour,…

Google’s Gmail and Chrome Pose Privacy Risks – ABC-7

John M. Simpson

Google’s arrogant, self-righteous executives

John M. Simpson

Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s recent speech to the Abu Dhabi Media Summit offers a revealing glimpse…

Press Release

FTC May Put Kibosh On Google’s AdMob Deal

CONTACT: Erika Morphy

Despite the fact that the mobile advertising market is still young and fragmented, U.S. regulators apparently are concerned that Google’s proposed acquisition of AdMob could give it an unfair competitive advantage. Google got an inkling that the FTC might want to give the deal a second look shortly after it was announced. At the end of December, the company received a "second request" for
additional information from the agency, Paul Feng, group product
manager, wrote in Google’s Public Policy blog. Shortly thereafter, two consumer groups — Consumer Watchdog and the
Center for Digital Democracy — asked the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal, arguing that it would lessen competition and harm consumers, advertisers and application developers, among others.

Press Release

FTC reportedly seeking sworn statements in Google-AdMob deal

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

Antitrust regulators are reported by Bloomberg news service to be seeking sworn statements from Google’s competitors and advertisers as they continue to investigate the the Internet giant’s proposed $750 million deal to buy AdMob.