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Advocacy Groups Urge FTC To Bar Google-AdMob Deal

28. December 2009

WASHINGTON D.C. – Two advocacy groups asked U.S. antitrust regulators
on Monday to block Google’s purchase of AdMob, a provider of
advertising services for mobile phones, on antitrust grounds and to
address privacy issues raised by the deal. Consumer Watchdog, a consumer advocacy organization, and the Center for
Digital Democracy, an advocate of open access to the Internet, said in
a letter to the Federal Trade Commission that the proposed deal would
"substantially lessen competition in the increasingly important mobile
advertising market."

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Consumer Groups Try To Block Google Purchase Of AdMob

By Wire Reports AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

28. December 2009

WASHINGTON — Two consumer groups urged the US Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) on Monday to block Internet search and advertising giant Google’s
proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob. In a joint letter, Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital
Democracy (CDD) asked the FTC to oppose Google’s acquisition of AdMob
on anti-trust grounds and said the deal also raises privacy concerns.

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Privacy And Consumer Advocacy Groups Cite Privacy, Competition Concerns With Google-AdMob Deal

By Wendy Davis MEDIAPOST NEWS

28. December 2009

Google’s proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob
would threaten privacy while also decreasing competition, two advocacy
groups said Monday in a letter to Federal Trade Commission chair Jon
Leibowitz. The organizations are asking the FTC to block the deal. "The consolidation of AdMob into Google would provide significant
amounts of data for targeting advertising," the Center for Digital
Democracy and Consumer Watchdog argue.

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Consumer Groups Ask FTC To Block Google’s AdMob Deal

By John Kell THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

28. December 2009

Two consumer groups asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to block
Google Inc.’s (GOOG) proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile
advertising company AdMob Inc., as they allege the deal would diminish
competition to the detriment of consumers. "Consumers will face higher prices, less innovation and fewer choices,"
said John M. Simpson, a consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog. "The
FTC should conduct the appropriate investigation, block the proposed
Google/AdMob deal, and also address the privacy issues."

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Groups Urge FTC To Block Google’s AdMob Buyout

By Owen Fletcher PC WORLD

28. December 2009

Two consumer groups urged U.S. regulators on Monday to block Google
from acquiring mobile advertising provider AdMob, citing potential harm
the deal could cause to users, advertisers and application developers. Google’s plan to acquire AdMob for US$750 million, announced last
month, "would substantially lessen competition in the increasingly
important mobile advertising market," said the letter,
signed by representatives of the groups Consumer Watchdog and Center
for Digital Democracy. It was addressed to the Federal Trade
Commission, the regulatory body that Google last week said had asked the company for more information about the deal.

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Two Consumer Groups Ask FTC To Block Google’s $750 Million Purchase Of AdMob

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

28. December 2009

Deal To Buy Mobile Advertising Company Is Anti-Competitive And Raises Privacy Concerns

WASHINGTON, DC — Two consumer groups today asked the Federal Trade
Commission to block Google’s $750 million deal to buy AdMob, a mobile
advertising company, on anti-trust grounds. In addition, the groups
said, the proposed acquisition raises privacy concerns that the
Commission must address. In a joint letter to the FTC, Consumer Watchdog and the Center for
Digital Democracy (CDD) said Google is simply buying its way to
dominance in the mobile advertising market, diminishing competition to
the detriment of consumers.

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Consumer Groups Lobby FTC To Block Google’s Acquisition Of AdMob

By Leena Rao TECHCRUNCH.COM

28. December 2009

Google recently revealed that the Federal Trade Commission was intensely reviewing the search giant’s recent $750 million acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob. Last week, Google said the FTC has made a second request for further information about the deal. Today, two consumer groups, Consumer Watchdog and the Center For Digital Democracy, have asked the FTC to block the deal on anti-trust grounds and possible privacy issues.

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Google’s privacy PR meaningless until CEO Schmidt gets it

Posted by John M. Simpson

21. December 2009

Last Friday Google’s Christine Chen, posted an article about the Internet giant’s approach to privacy, complete with a set of 20 slides, but such efforts are nothing but empty public relations gestures until CEO Eric Schmidt demonstrates he gets it.

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Can Google Be Trusted? No: The Search Engine Must Do More To Protect Private Data

By John M. Simpson Op-Ed Commentary SACRAMENTO BEE

29. November 2009

Few doubt that Internet giant Google is succeeding in its audacious
corporate mission "to organize the world’s information and make it
universally accessible and useful." The problem is that the mission
puts Google directly at odds with our privacy rights, and Google
appears unwilling to give consumers enough control.

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Antitrust Concerns Linger In Google Books Deal

By Elinor Mills CNET.COM

16. November 2009

The revised Google Books settlement agreement may quiet international opponents, but it still gives Google a monopoly on commercializing out-of-print books where the copyrights are unclaimed and fails to protect consumer privacy, opponents said on Monday. Also troubling to critics is the fact that the revised settlement circumvents traditional copyright provisions by allowing Google to digitize orphan works without first getting rights holder permission, while any Google competitors are blocked from doing so barring legislation granting them licensing rights. “For the millions of volumes of orphan books that Google has already scanned in, they can offer those without risk of anyone coming forward and suing them for infringement,” said John Simpson, a consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog.

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