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Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by sp332 on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:40PM (#20779365)
@Pinboard (yes the pinboard.com guy) has been keeping track of political donations from big tech companies. https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1141838179936243714
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by azffz on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:53PM (#20779558)
What are the chances he has only been tracking donations made to right-wing groups? :')

Edit: very high, it seems https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC

Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by AimForTheBushes on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:08PM (#20779801)
I don't know why you're being down voted, that's all that is showing up.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by ceejayoz on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:02PM (#20779706)
@Pinboard's politics are... not secret.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by wtveb on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:05PM (#20779755)
The politics of $RICH_GUY_WHO_WORKS_AT_TECH_IN_THE_WEST_COAST are not secret, I was just laughing at the prospect of a seemingly neutral "project" which is just a way of denouncing companies that use their advertisement power to show how leftist they are (because in this day and age they have no other choice) while, at the same time, they give money to those eeeevil conservatives.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by ceejayoz on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:10PM (#20779834)
At what point has anyone said it was neutral?
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by ntnxw on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:12PM (#20779860)
"Pinboard has been keeping track of political donations from big tech companies" does not seem to imply that it's a completely biased report, but yeah, I should have known better :P
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by odiroot on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:09PM (#20779818)
This guy seems to have a particular beef.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by NathanKP on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:37PM (#20780176)
Yeah so far from what I've seen all the big tech companies PAC's give with roughly 50/50 distribution of funds between left and right wing politicians. Whether that is good or bad is up to your own judgement. Personally I stopped donating to my company's PAC because I want more control of who my donations go to, but from what I've seen the corporate PAC's are all pretty well balanced.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by jimbob45 on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:34PM (#20781688)
50/50 doesn't necessarily mean 50/50. If I give to my preferred candidate and give to an opposing candidate that I think would be easy for my candidate to beat, then I'm not really giving 50/50.