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September 1, 2017

NYT: Google Executive Pressured Think Tank over Criticisms
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Google's executive chair, Eric Schmidt, pressured an influential
Washington think tank to fire an employee who wrote a paper critical of
the company. That's according to The New York Times, which reports the
New America Foundation fired staffer Barry Lynn after he wrote a letter
applauding a record $2.7 billion fine levied against Google by European
regulators. Google and Eric Schmidt's family have provided $21 million
to the New America Foundation, and Schmidt previously served as the
foundation's chair.


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