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ICANN Decision on Dotless Domains Stalls Google’s gTLD Plans 22 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recent ruling against so-called dotless domains is a compelling victory for Internet security. Last week, ICANN prohibited the use of do...
Bloomberg: Google’s Online Ad Dominance Holding Back Startups 9 Aug 2013 | 02:12 am
For years FairSearch has warned that Google’s dominance of online advertising and search is undermining Internet competition and innovation. It seems the capital markets are now taking notice. In an ...
FairSearch Statement on Inadequacy of Google’s Proposed Commitments to the European Commission 17 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
See below for a statement from Thomas Vinje, Spokesman for FairSearch Europe: Google’s proposed commitments intended to resolve the search bias concerns are ineffective by design, and we have asked t...
FairSearch Europe Survey: Google’s Commitment Offer Makes for an Unlevel Playing Field 17 Jul 2013 | 07:56 pm
One in five clicked on Google Shopping links, only one in 200 on rival links More than half of 1,888 surveyed didn’t know “Google Shopping” is paid content Proposed commitments fail to restore compe...
AGs Have More Questions for Google 3 Jul 2013 | 10:29 pm
Increased scrutiny over Google’s business practices continues among state attorneys general. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt wrote a letter to Google’s...
Almunia Reiterates Call for Google to Improve Its Proposed Remedies 28 Jun 2013 | 08:16 am
Joaquín Almunia, the European Union’s top official responsible for enforcing competition law, reiterated a call Thursday for Google to improve its proposals to the European Commission to change its se...
Video: EU Groups Call for Rejection of Google’s Proposal 27 Jun 2013 | 01:58 am
An unprecedented cross-section of European organisations joined together on Tuesday, 25 June for a press briefing in Brussels to demonstrate the broad base of opposition to Google’s proposed remedies....
Fair Search Results Will Not Hurt Innovation 26 Jun 2013 | 01:03 am
Under Google’s proposed settlement of the European Commission’s investigation of its abuse of dominance, Google would provide text links to three other websites who pay to appear under more prominent ...
EU Companies, Trade Associations Say Google’s Proposed Remedies Are Worse than Nothing 26 Jun 2013 | 12:31 am
Representatives of six companies and trade associations appeared at a news briefing in Brussels on Tuesday to explain why they believe Google’s proposal to the European Commission to remedy concerns a...
“It would be better to do nothing than to accept Google’s proposals” to the European Commission 25 Jun 2013 | 07:30 pm
The following is a statement from Thomas Vinje, counsel to FairSearch Europe on Google’s proposal to settle the European Commission’s investigation into concerns the Commission has expressed that Goog...
