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Consumer Groups Challenge Obama’s Appointment Of Google Executive

6. June 2009

Two consumer groups are seeking to throw a roadblock in front
of President Obama’s pending appointment of Google’s top global public
policy official, arguing that it would violate Obama’s ethics rules
aimed at eliminating the influence of lobbyists on the federal
government.

John M. Simpson, a consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, said
McLaughlin is good at what he does – "lobbying around the world for
Google’s interests," he said. "That’s not what this job requires. It
should not go to any person whose most recent position has been
advocating policy for a technology company," he said.

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Growing White House Ties To Google Draw Protest

By Patrick Thibodeau COMPUTERWORLD

4. June 2009

Consumer Groups Object To Expected Selection Of Google Exec To Deputy CTO Post

Andrew McLaughlin, Google’s director of global public policy, is
expected to be appointed U.S. deputy chief technology officer,
reporting to federal CTO Aneesh Chopra. Both are new White House positions. Two groups, the Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Watchdog,
yesterday urged Obama not to appoint McLaughlin to the post. In a
letter signed by Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for
Digital Democracy and and John Simpson, consumer advocate at Consumer
Watchdog, the groups said that McLaughlin "has been a lobbyist for the
biggest digital marketing company in the world, and we believe no
special-interest connected person should assume a position of vital
importance to the country’s future."

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Google, Intel, Others Face Resurgence in Antitrust Interest, Actions

By Erik Sherman BNET TECHNOLOGY

12. May 2009

As Google’s gadfly, Consumer Watchdog has noted that the company
developed a presentation trying to argue that antitrust concerns are
unreasonable and unwarranted. Unfortunately for Google, there are times
that PR can do wonders, and times when it can’t. One time it can’t is
when the PR campaign is full of holes, including the following…

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Making it easy for Google

Posted by John M. Simpson

8. May 2009

You’d think with the communications resources that Google
has at its disposal, the Internet giant’s executives would be able to
answer direct questions. An exchange of letters over the last few weeks
shows otherwise.

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Federal Report Shines Light On Google’s EMR Lobbying Effforts

By Molly Merrill HEALTHCARE IT NEWS

29. April 2009

According to first quarter federal reports, Google
participated in lobbying efforts aimed at allowing the sale of
electronic medical records in the economic stimulus legislation. This contradicts the Internet giant’s earlier response to Consumer
Watchdog, a California-based, non-profit consumer education and
advocacy organization, that their claims against Google were "100
percent false."

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Academics, Citing Public Interest, Plan To Intervene in Google Book Search Settlement

By Norman Oder LIBRARY JOURNAL

6. April 2009

While much mainstream news coverage of the pending Google Book
Search settlement has focused on the potential boon to researchers,
concerns raised by librarians and consumers have begun to hit critical
mass. One sign was a front-page article in the April 4 New York Times, headlined Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged, which noted that two sets of academics plan to intervene in the settlement. Consumer Watchdog,
a public interest group in Southern California, also has asked the
Justice Department to intervene in the case to “serve the public
interest,” Helft noted.

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Google Seeks Starvation Of Growling Watchdog

By Cade Metz THE REGISTER (UK)

26. February 2009

(Semi-)Apology For Money-Snuffing Missive

San Francisco, CA — Google has attempted to cut the funding of a
well-known public watchdog, after the organization launched a
"guerrilla" attack on its Washington lobby operation.

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Google wants to get rid of watchdogs, no apologies

Posted by Jamie Court

25. February 2009

When I walked into the Consumer Watchdog office today on a press conference seeking to protect benefits for autistic children, it occurred to me just what is so insidious about Google’s efforts to de-fund our consumer group.

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Google Tries To Kibosh Funding Of Critic

By Wendy Davis MEDIAPOST ONLINE DAILY

25. February 2009

This week, it came to light that Google attempted to persuade a
foundation to stop funding Consumer Watchdog, Santa Monica, Calif.-based non-profit that
criticized the search giant for its privacy stance.

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Google Watchdog Battle Heats Up

By Tech Daily Dose Staff NATIONAL JOURNAL ONLINE

24. February 2009

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court wrote to Google CEO Eric
Schmidt Monday arguing that his top executives must "have more
important priorities than defunding a consumer group critical of your
lack of privacy protections." In the letter, he laid out some
observations about Google’s perceived "less than open corporate
culture, its opaque public policymaking division and some suggestions
for change and moving forward."

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