FTC launching antitrust probe over Google search, ad businesses

Google is about to get served—with a civil subpoena, that is. The Federal Trade Commission is on the verge of serving Google as part of a formal antitrust investigation into Google's Web dominance, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal, with the requests for more information expected to be sent to Google "within days."

The WSJ's sources say that the FTC's investigation will focus on Google's advertising business and whether Google has been directing search users to its own services over the competition. As is typical with investigations like this, the FTC will eventually begin requesting information from other companies that deal with Google as well in order to get further information on how Google conducts its business.

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