Will Google Learn not to Play with Fire?
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Big Government, Government Meddling
Google has long been a proponent of Big Government. They’ve pushed net neutrality and coddled up to the Obama administration…and what has it all got them? A DoJ investigation and the necessity to waste a bunch of money hiring lobbyists to defend themselves from the terrible crime of being successful and creating jobs:
Google said Friday it will hire a dozen new lobbying firms in a sign the search giant is taking the Federal Trade Commission’s upcoming antitrust investigation seriously.
“We have a strong story to tell about our business and we’ve sought out the best talent we can find to help tell it,” said a Google spokesperson via email.
News broke last week that the FTC has subpoenaed documents for an upcoming investigation into whether Google has abused its dominance of the search market, the first broad antitrust probe of the firm. In response Google has retained a host of Washington lobbying firms to give lawmakers their view on issues such as privacy, copyright enforcement and competition in the search market.
Google ought to be learning a lesson from all this: If you play with the Big Government fire, you’re eventually going to get burned.
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