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Google Dodges Antitrust Charges After Federal Probe

HeadlineJan 04, 2013

Google has won a major victory in the United States after dodging charges from the Federal Trade Commission over how it arranges search results. The FTC concluded a two-year investigation of Google saying the search giant had not violated antitrust or anti-competition statutes. The decision allows Google to continue elevating its own services in search results, raising concerns the company could exercise massive power over the Internet. Google performs 70 percent of all U.S. search queries.

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