Missouri Attorney General launches investigation of Google

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Post by elsewhen » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 5:57 PM UTC

Missouri Attorney General launches investigation of Google
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Post by sounds » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:02 PM UTC

In case you got a weird sense of deja vu, this is Missouri, not Mississippi.

Mississippi's AG, Jim Hood vs Google: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/mississippi-ag-j...

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Post by CobrastanJorji » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:10 PM UTC

I haven't read Axios before, but I really appreciated that summary. I got the gist of what the lawsuit concerned and what the ulterior motive might be and there weren't 10 more unnecessary paragraphs with no real information padding it out. It's almost exactly the right amount of concise.

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Post by dontnotice » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:11 PM UTC

This is bizarre. It's also bizarre how the reporting on it doesn't mention how out of left field this is. Why Google? why Missouri? How come a republican is doing this?

As for: The United States has lagged behind Europe in pursuing antitrust cases against tech giants

This narrative is silly. The EU goes after "tech giants" partly because they are foreign, the US doesn't have that incentive.

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Post by ifij775 » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:20 PM UTC

I'm guessing someone in Missouri didn't get their political payoff this month.

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Post by thebiglebrewski » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:29 PM UTC

Yay! I am happy about this. I feel as if there are a ton of monopolies and trusts today that stifle competition. Does anyone else feel similar?

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Post by Erik816 » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:29 PM UTC

dontnotice wrote: post #4

This is bizarre. It's also bizarre how the reporting on it doesn't mention how out of left field this is. Why Google? why Missouri? How come a republican is doing this? As for: The United States has lagged behind Europe in pursuing antitrust cases against tech giants This narrative is silly. The EU goes after "tech giants" partly because they are foreign, the US doesn't have that incentive.

The EU also has vastly different anti trust laws. There's no point pursuing some of the cases prosecuted in the EU in the US, because you would lose.

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Post by mpweiher » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:38 PM UTC

dontnotice wrote: post #4

This is bizarre. It's also bizarre how the reporting on it doesn't mention how out of left field this is. Why Google? why Missouri? How come a republican is doing this? As for: The United States has lagged behind Europe in pursuing antitrust cases against tech giants This narrative is silly. The EU goes after "tech giants" partly because they are foreign, the US doesn't have that incentive.

Nah, the EU also goes after local champions, see for example the Vitamin case:

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-01-1625_en.htm

It's just that the US has become extremely lax in its anti-trust stance.

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Post by Top19 » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:39 PM UTC

dontnotice wrote: post #4

This is bizarre. It's also bizarre how the reporting on it doesn't mention how out of left field this is. Why Google? why Missouri? How come a republican is doing this? As for: The United States has lagged behind Europe in pursuing antitrust cases against tech giants This narrative is silly. The EU goes after "tech giants" partly because they are foreign, the US doesn't have that incentive.

Europe has a bad history with records misused to later pursue political enemies. The records the Germans used come to mind, but also things like the Staszi secret police in East Germany.

Interestingly, a lot of stuff that just “works” in America is dangerous when exported abroad. This is a strange sociological concept I only encountered recently, but one example is that the American conception of “fame”, dating back to PT Barnum‘s days, was an impetus for fascism in America. So something that’s “culturally safe” in the US due to our history and institutions can be dangerous when exported abroad.

For more information, check out the book “The Frenzy of Renown”.

The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679776303/

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Post by bagacrap » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 7:40 PM UTC

dontnotice wrote: post #4

This is bizarre. It's also bizarre how the reporting on it doesn't mention how out of left field this is. Why Google? why Missouri? How come a republican is doing this? As for: The United States has lagged behind Europe in pursuing antitrust cases against tech giants This narrative is silly. The EU goes after "tech giants" partly because they are foreign, the US doesn't have that incentive.

The article provides possible explanations. A politician running for office soon positions himself as fighting on behalf of the local little man and against big bad out of state corporation. It's pretty much the exact kind of populist protectionism that has lately proven to be politically effective.