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Matt Cutts now works for Defense Digital Service....

• ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  While on leave from Google. He's one of many Google employees working directly with our government. As Peter Thiel put it, Google has more power in the Obama administration than Exxon had under Bush.
  • genericpseudo 10y ago
    Question the source.
    • ocdtrekkie 10y ago
      I just liked his comparison. We have plenty of better sources than Peter Thiel though.
      • niels_olson 10y ago
        Then please cite the better ones...
        • tornadoboy55 10y ago
          http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3554953/Google-staffers-meetings-White-House-staggering-427-times-course-Obama-presidency-averaging-week.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3554953/Google-staff...
        • ocdtrekkie 10y ago
          Tornadoboy's source is good, but primarily focuses on the amount of heavy communication between Google and government, so I'd prefer to add this source specifically, on the strong revolving door effect: https://googletransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-revolving-door-us https://googletransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-revol... Campaign for Accountability's page, above, has an interactive chart where you can see which employees, by name, moved between Google and the government during Obama's term, and what positions they held on each side. Beyond the "Read more" link is also a significant amount of specific detail about some of the more notable transitions.
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