FTC defends Decision not to Pursue Competition Charges against Google

President Barack Obama and Google top-notch officials were meeting on regular basis, revealed visitor logs. As per the logs, Google officials have met White House officers once a week for the last four years.

Since the time President Obama was first elected, high-profile search giant staff including Chairman Eric Schmidt has met with President Barack Obama's White House 230 terms, revealed the log obtained by the Wall Street Journal.

It has been found that some of these meeting had taken place to settle things with Google rather than carrying an anti-trust lawsuit against the company over alleged anti-competitive practices. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which was involved in the matter, voted four to one in order to settle the patent investigation into the search giant's injunction requests.

"I never saw any real likelihood that the feds were going to insert themselves between one of the most popular brands in the world and the constituency that adores it", affirmed Whit Andrews, an analyst for Gartner.

On the other hand, the FTC said that it has conducted a thorough investigation into the company when the issue took place. It gave the statement as it defends its impartiality. The FTC said that on the basis of the investigation, all five Commissioners, including three Democrats and two Republicans, agreed that there was no legal reason to take action.

The FTC has also refused that it was having any pressure from the White House to settle with Google. The FTC said that not even a single fact is able to hold true the misleading narratives that involve the regular meetings of FTC officials and Google representatives. The officials said that no visitor logs show what was discussed at the White House.