Germany's justice minister says the possibility of dismantling Google should be considered if the Internet giant abuses its dominant position, in a newspaper interview to be published Saturday. "Just imagine an energy company that covers 95 percent of the whole market. The cartel authority would act quite quickly," Heiko Maas told Saturday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "Such conditions are, in market terms, not sensible, not healthy," he said according to a pre-released copy of the interview. "So yes, if Google misuses its dominant position to systematically push aside competitors, then as a last means something like a dissolution should be considered," he said.
Sunday, 29 June 2014
German Minister Eyes Possibility of Dismantling Google
Germany's justice minister says the possibility of dismantling Google should be considered if the Internet giant abuses its dominant position, in a newspaper interview to be published Saturday. "Just imagine an energy company that covers 95 percent of the whole market. The cartel authority would act quite quickly," Heiko Maas told Saturday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "Such conditions are, in market terms, not sensible, not healthy," he said according to a pre-released copy of the interview. "So yes, if Google misuses its dominant position to systematically push aside competitors, then as a last means something like a dissolution should be considered," he said.
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