Google 'illegally took content from Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor,' report finds

FTC report claims Google 'harmed consumers and competitors'. But the lawsuits it suggested never materialised

Google manipulated its search results to promote its own services over those of rival websites in ways that led to "real harm to consumers", a previously unpublished report by American regulators has concluded.

The revelations were seized on by those calling for Brussels to challenge Google's monopoly over search in Europe, and have sparked new claims that the search giant's financing of Barack Obama's re-election campaign swayed US regulators.