Google ’s tie with and support for academia and research are well known , but over the last few day there have been suggestions that this connection is not so altruistic . The Wall Street Journal and the military campaign for Accountability have claimed that the Mountain View Corporation has used its influence and money to bring forth research that patronise its research and insurance policy goals .
TheWall Street Journal , which is part of Rupert Murdoch ’s media bay window , accused more than a dozen academics of having accepted money from Google , without unwrap it . In areportfor the Google Transparency Project , the cause for Accountability hear 329 research newspaper on policy that were directly or indirectly funded by Google . The composition claims that 26 percent of the academics flat funded by Google did not break this fact .
It did n’t take Google longto replyto the accusation . film director of public policy , Leslie Miller , shout the report extremely misleading . She mention how the report links to Google any workplace plunk for by any organization that Google belong or has ever donated vto , with the Computer & Communication Industry Association adduce as an example .
Google points out how several research worker singled out by the Campaign for Accountability really wrote paper criticizing themes like antitrust , net neutrality , and privateness .
Miller also argue that the company has strict demand when it come to disclosure of their financing and the policy program isavailable onlinefor people to see the lobbying activities by Google on federal and state governments . The availability of the record , she claims , shows how limpid the society is .
“ The caustic remark of talk about disclosures and transparency with the “ Campaign for answerability ” is that this group systematically turn down to name its corporate funders , ” Miller write in ablog post .
“ We ’re proud of our programs and their integrity . The “ safari for answerableness ” and its funders are , clearly , not proud of theirs . ”
One of theknown fundersof the Campaign for Accountability is Oracle , which at the sentence the project take off was in alegal disputewith Google that at last ruled in party favour of the Mountain View company .
Campaign for Accountability executive managing director , Daniel Stevens , has release astatementin response to Miller ’s C. W. Post , double down on the accusal , however , it does n’t really address any of the points Miller has raise .
