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Google-funded thinktank fired scholar over criticism of the firm

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2017-08-30 19:01:13 from the one-dollar-one-vote dept.
Digital Liberty

According to the Guardian [theguardian.com] Goog is a major funder of the New America Foundation, some researchers of which criticized monopolies and lauded the EU for levying a record fine for Goog for antitrust reasons. This apparently wasn't received well at the advertisement company and subsequently the team who did the research got the boot.

Now might be a good time to consider your dependence on all services Goog.


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