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Senators Kohl & Lee urge FTC to do more after EU’s Google settlement offer

By  |  May 23, 2012

Following the European Commission’s offer to settle with Google, Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have asked the FTC to do more to investigate the concerns they raised during the September 2011 Google hearing. At the hearing, Senator Kohl had questioned Google’s neutrality when it came to displaying search results. The search engine’s dominance and its recent acquisitions were also considered. The FTC is currently probing Google’s business and search practices.

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