Editing Google Search (section)

=== FTC fines ===
In 2012, the US [[Federal Trade Commission]] fined Google [[US$]]22.5 million for violating their agreement not to violate the privacy of users of Apple's [[Safari (web browser)|Safari web browser]].<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com//news/americas/2012/08/201289172541616218.html "Google fined over Safari privacy violation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811210329/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/08/201289172541616218.html |date=August 11, 2012 }}. ''Al Jazeera'', August 10, 2012.</ref> The FTC was also continuing to investigate if Google's favoring of their own services in their search results violated antitrust regulations.<ref>Bailey, Brandon. [http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_21967140/googles-review-by-ftc-nearing-critical-point "Google's review by FTC nearing critical point"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122074658/http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_21967140/googles-review-by-ftc-nearing-critical-point |date=January 22, 2013 }}. ''Mercury News'', November 9, 2012.</ref>