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    1. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Jul 2019

      Google gave $2,500 to Ken Buck (disclosure: I fundraised in 2018 for Buck's opponent, as well as Steve King's), who has said "I think birth has an influence over [being gay], like alcoholism and some other things, but I think that basically you have a choice." So did Google.pic.twitter.com/AOgMifxuaV

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    2. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Jul 2019

      And finally, Google made a $2,500 donation to Alamo PAC, John Cornyn's leadership PAC, which gave $345,000 in 2018 exclusively to Republican candidates. Cornyn is also the Senator who (with Ted Cruz) nominated a Federal justice who said trans kids are "part of Satan's plan"pic.twitter.com/kapbQ5N5i0

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    3. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Jul 2019

      Some remarks about these donations. First, they are wholly unnecessary. Google runs an enormous D.C. lobbying organization and throwing a few thousand dollars at candidates changes nothing. Apple and IBM prove you don't need a PAC to thrive as a giant U.S. tech company.

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    4. Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 19 Jul 2019
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      These are hard to read. I remember being a fresh immigrant and being wholly confused about what I was being asked to support, luckily I ignored it.

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    5. Brandon Downey‏ @bdowney 19 Jul 2019
      Replying to @taviso @Pinboard

      I asked what netpac would support and was expecting an answer like "aligned with the EFF". They told me they couldn't give a specific answer, so I said no thanks.

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    6. Brandon Downey‏ @bdowney 19 Jul 2019
      Replying to @bdowney @taviso @Pinboard

      I will add that being a progressive I think this is an ethical fail, but even if you were a Machiavellian it's *still* a fail. How is Google's reputation with the lunatic right (aka 95% of them these days) working out?

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    7. Mike Knell‏ @mpk 19 Jul 2019
      Replying to @bdowney @taviso @Pinboard

      I can still remember the completely “does not compute” reaction I got from Eric Schmidt in a Q&A when I pointed out that in Europe it’s not considered appropriate for companies to donate to political candidates and that his cosying up to the Tories made Google look biased.

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    8. Mike Knell‏ @mpk 19 Jul 2019
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      His reply was basically that everyone does this and it’s necessary to guarantee access to decision-makers. “Google is not a conventional company” my arse, thought I. It was a highly disillusioning moment in my career.

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    9. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Jul 2019
      Replying to @mpk @bdowney @taviso

      A particularly galling answer given that IBM never did it. (I don't know if Apple did and stopped, or never did).

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    10. Mike Knell‏ @mpk 19 Jul 2019
      Replying to @Pinboard @bdowney @taviso

      Regulatory capture is essential for companies like Google and Facebook in a way that it isn’t for companies that build and sell products (Apple and IBM). When regulators refuse to be captured you end up with GDPR and they’re terrified of a similar thing happening in the US.

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      Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Jul 2019
      Replying to @mpk @bdowney @taviso

      That's not the case. Google and Facebook have both been advocating for a GDPR-ish regulation, and lobbying for it quite effectively. IBM sells services, not products. And regulatory capture doesn't happen through small political donations

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        2. Mike Knell‏ @mpk 19 Jul 2019
          Replying to @Pinboard @bdowney @taviso

          I’ll bet they want to be in a position to help write said regulation, though.

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        3. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Jul 2019
          Replying to @mpk @bdowney @taviso

          They write it and lobby for the text they wrote. My point is that campaign donations are not how modern lobbying works.

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