Oversight of Google
Witnesses testified about Google’s business practices and whether it leveraged its Internet search market power to prioritize some of… read more
Witnesses testified about Google’s business practices and whether it leveraged its Internet search market power to prioritize some of its own business lines, such as YouTube, Google Books, or Google Travel, to the disadvantage of competitors in those business lines. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said that the company faced tough competition and was not using its dominance in Internet search to stifle competitors. close
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- Thomas Barnett Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice->Antitrust Division
- Susan Creighton Director (Former) Federal Trade Commission->Bureau of Competition
- Jeffrey Katz CEO Nextag
- Eric E. Schmidt Executive Chair Google
- Jeremy Stoppelman Co-Founder and CEO Yelp
- Richard Blumenthal U.S. Senator [D] Connecticut
- John Cornyn U.S. Senator [R] Texas
- Dianne Feinstein U.S. Senator [D] California
- Al Franken U.S. Senator [D] Minnesota
- Chuck Grassley U.S. Senator [R] Iowa
- Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator [D] Minnesota
- Herbert "Herb" H. Kohl U.S. Senator [D] Wisconsin
- Mike Lee U.S. Senator [R] Utah
- Chuck Schumer U.S. Senator [D] New York
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