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The entire course of action you suggest could have happened were not for Timnit going public by her own volition, accusing her employer and coworkers of unethical behavior in the process, and encouraging sympathetic colleagues to apply external political and judicial pressure on Google. What for, so she can publish a review paper disregarding relevant internal feedback?

She made a lot of fuss and burnt a lot of bridges. Nobody forced her to do so.