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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by User23 on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:58AM (#20067983)
They took leaves of absence, with the company's blessing. And Google is incorporated in California, which has strict laws that employees are allowed to develop what they like when they're not on the clock using company resources.

It's interesting people here are calling this a "conspiracy theory" when I guarantee you there are hundreds if not thousands of posters here who remember the TGIF and groups discussions where this came up.

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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by cycrutchfield on Saturday June 01, 2019 @04:58AM (#20068206)
At least admit that your initial statement was unclear at best, and intentionally misleading at worst. You made it sound like Googlers, in their capacity as employees, were working for a political campaign.

>And Google is incorporated in California, which has strict laws that employees are allowed to develop what they like when they're not on the clock using company resources.

Not really. Try to develop a search engine in your spare time and see what happens.

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