[jamra]

I read the OPs comment as partly a comment on how Google has been releasing social commentary without releasing the raw studies specifically on gender and salary. They were being investigated for cheating women on salary.

I read the response from the Googler as an appeal to authority. If Google doesn’t release the study, they open themselves up for conjecture and skepticism.

To criticize OP for being inaccurate is fine, but absent any references, Google is making the same argument as the Googler.