FTC ends long Google probe with mild reprimand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U. S. regulators closed a long-running investigation into allegations that Google tweaks search results to hurt rival companies without finding any wrongdoing, a decision that disappointed rivals and critics of the Web search giant. The Federal Trade Commission did, however, win promises from Google that it would end the practice of "scraping" reviews and other data from rivals’ websites for its own products, and to allow advertisers to export data to independently evaluate advertising campaigns, the FTC said on Thursday. . . .
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