EU Position Statement Google Survey Will Continue

January 5 news, according to foreign media reports, the EU anti-monopoly department spokesman Michael Jennings said on Friday that the investigation of Google will still be carried out in accordance with the original plan, will not be subject to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday The impact of the decisions made.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) formally ended its investigation of Google on Thursday, saying that it did not find that the latter had manipulated search results. As a condition of reconciliation, Google promised to the FTC that it will no longer "scrape" information from other websites for its own products, and will no longer request the court to issue a ban on products that infringe its "standard essential patent."

The news of abandoning the investigation was immediately criticized by Google's competitors. In their criticism, they also find it difficult to conceal whether the EU can hold its ground and continue to investigate Google’s concerns.

"We have taken note of the FTC's decision, but it will not have any direct impact on our investigation and dialogue with Google," Jennings said on Friday.

On December 18, the European Union issued an "ultimate demand letter" to Google, requesting the latter to submit a detailed settlement plan before January of this year. In fact, since July last year, Google has submitted a series of informal reconciliation proposals, but it has failed to “move” the EU. Analysts said that if Google can't show its sincerity to the European Union before January, it may face up to $4 billion in fines.