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by 2_listerine_pls 3219 days ago
> I really don't understand why Google should fund this research.

No. They didn't directly fund any research. Google funds the New America think thank, which houses a group that researches about monopolies. However, it seems that the problem started when one of the researchers wrote a press release celebrating a major antitrust loss for Google on Europe.

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> a Google-funded think tank

This is why Google isn't going to fund this.

Let Open Markets find another think-tank to get funding from.

Remember kids, think-tanks are where corporations go to produce research reports supporting their position. They're not independent academic institutions.