01.09.2015 - 06:16 [ Techdirt ]

As India Goes After Google, A Simple Question: Do You Really Want Governments Deciding Search Results?

Earlier this year, European antitrust authorities went after Google (hours after EU officials announced plans to harm American internet companies to „help“ local internet companies). Google just last week responded to the initial claims, saying that „improving quality isn‘t anti-competitive.“ Of course, the more detailed response is still private, so we don‘t know the full extent of what‘s being discussed. And, now, it appears that India is going after Google based on similar charges, claiming that it somehow leverages its own position in rigging either search results or putting its own services ahead of competitors above the search results.