Editor's Pick: Has Google Become a National Threat?

Has Google Become a National Threat?

Rob Enderle Sep 4, 2017 11:33 AM PT
	The idea that Google might be becoming a national threat is what struck me when I read a column by Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham University. She makes a compelling argument that Google has reached a point where it no longer allows dissent outside the company -- though, given the recent firing of a Google engineer, that may be true inside the firm as well. [More...]

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