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Critics Call For Probe Into Google Government Ties

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the begin-the-probing dept.

bonch writes "The National Legal and Policy Center has written to the House Oversight Committee to investigate alleged ties between Google and the Obama administration, specifically with regards to the closure of an FTC probe into Google's Wi-Fi privacy breach, when the company admitted to having collected users' unencrypted information over the course of three years. The NLPC compares Google's relationship with the administration to that of Halliburton and cites the timing of a $30,000-a-head Democratic fundraiser at Google CEO Marissa Meyer's home less than a week before the FTC ended its inquiry, where Obama made a personal appearance, as well as the fact that US deputy chief technology officer Andrew McLaughlin is a former Google employee. The NLPC further alleges that the FTC is tougher on other companies, issuing fines to Twitter and Sears for their privacy violations while letting Google off the hook after the company promised to improve its privacy practices."

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  1. Re:Just another non-profit, I'm sure by Sonny+Yatsen · · Score: 4, Informative

    From Wikipedia:

    The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is a right-leaning 501(c)(3) non-profit group that monitors and reports on the ethics of public officials, supporters of liberal causes, and labor unions in the United States.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Legal_and_Policy_Center

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  2. More Info on the NLPC, they are DIRTY by spun · · Score: 5, Informative

    They are a front: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Legal_and_Policy_Center

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    1. Re:More Info on the NLPC, they are DIRTY by blackraven14250 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Considering that Media Matters isn't about creating misinformation, but rather about debunking misinformation perpetrated by others, I think there's at least a bit of a difference.

  3. Errors in summary by Snowblindeye · · Score: 4, Informative

    Democratic fundraiser at Google CEO Marissa Meyer's home

    Eric Schmidt might be surprised to find that Google has a new CEO ;)

    I know this is Slashdot, but could we get basic facts right in the summary? Marissa Mayer is a Google VP, not the CEO

    I know, I must be new here...

  4. LIAR by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, you lie.

    Media Matters received its first ever donation from Soros last month, after years of you Republicans lying, say he was financing it all along. Meanwhile, you Republicans have your fraud network financed by billionaires like the Koch brothers who also finance Republican campaigns, lately secretly through the Citizens United rules that dominated the election that just passed.

    Of course it sounds "fair and balanced" to you, because it's an endless pile of Republican lies, just like the Fox "News" that uses that fraudulent slogan.

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