FTC Questions Merger Of Google With U.S. Government

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WASHINGTON—Saying the move sparked antitrust concerns, as well as fears about the increased concentration of power in fewer corporate hands, the Federal Trade Commission questioned Tuesday the merger of Google with the U.S. government. “The proposal to merge Google, the three branches of government, and all 137…

WASHINGTON—Saying the move sparked antitrust concerns, as well as fears about the increased concentration of power in fewer corporate hands, the Federal Trade Commission questioned Tuesday the merger of Google with the U.S. government.

government and Google may not be without its positive effects, but frankly we at the FTC are struggling to see what real benefits American consumers will derive from combining one of the nation’s largest search engine, online advertising, and cloud computing companies with one of the nation’s largest providers of social services and public education. The merger of Google’s ad division with the Pentagon alone raises some fairly serious ethical concerns.

 

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Did the FTC not get the COVID vaccine yet? i felt fine with technology and big government after I got the shot, and bonus: I have a new-found, innate ability to track my own location. I'm not lost anymore!

it would probably be approved too lol

Well, hell! Isn't Google already in everything already?

Bruh google finna track us even more now smh

Related: U.S. Government Reverses Merger Deal After Google Message Bombs Government About Warehoused Public Cheese Offers

United Nations By the order of Dictators,Serbia try to send us back to Azerbaijan to Death !UNHCR in Serbia Doesnt want send us to EU country. Dictators blocking us in every country...

Official acquisition, not merger

Related: U.S. Government Reverses Merger Deal After Google Message Bombs Government About Big Corpora Lobbyist Offers

Was it a merger? My recollection was that it was an outright purchase of the US Gov.

It was a hostile takeover not a merger

Google Amazon and Pfizer already are the government .

Too close to reality...

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I mean the FTC already merged with Amazon

Oh god. I had to read that twice and then check who posted it.

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