British Streetmap Takes Google to Court
April 20, 2013
I hope Google’s lawyers appreciate their job security. Another push-back about Google search results has sprung up in the U.K., this time from mapping company Streetmap. The Verge reports, “Google Sued for Burying ‘Streetmap’ Search Results.” The complaint follows a familiar refrain: The company alleges that Google purposely buried their site in its results pages. If true, the charge has troubling implications for “objective search results.”
Writer Russell Brandom reminds us:
“The suit comes on the heels of an antitrust probe conducted by the European Union into whether Google is using its Search service to actively promote its other products, spurred by a similar suit from British shopping-comparison site Foundem. EU commissioners have said that ultimate goal of the probe will be to secure ‘legally binding commitments’ that their search results are unbiased. A similar probe in the U.S. found no evidence the company’s actions were harmful to consumers.”
Yes, well, European officials tend to take a more strict line on such issues than their counterparts in the U.S. Several times now, Google has found itself in hot water across the pond. Will the company decide that its lavish success is worth continuing to prod these legal boundaries?
Cynthia Murrell, April 20, 2013
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