Watchdog calls for Google break-up
23rd April 2010
A California-based consumer watchdog called, er… Consumer Watchdog is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into Google.
The group, supported by mobile entrepreneur Simon Buckingham and lawyers for two price comparison websites, praised the DOJ for its action against Google Books and the FTC probe into the acquisition of AdMob.
But Consumer Watchdog said Google was unfairly using its dominance in search to the detriment of both advertisers and users.
If you get a nameplate, you can be a ‘consumer watchdog’ too. (In the Good Old Days, such people were called ‘busybodies’ and told to butt out. In these degenerate modern times, however, they are ‘consumer advocates’ and given great deference.)