Google is losing allies across the political spectrum
Found on Ars Technica on Thursday, 31 August 2017
With so many Googlers in government, Google had an outsized influence on policymaking during the Obama years. But today, Google is in a different situation. Most obviously, Schmidt worked hard to get Hillary Clinton elected president, and Clinton lost.
The combination of Bernie Sanders-style populism on the left and Donald Trump-style populism on the right could lead to a future where Google faces hostility from policymakers across parties.
Conservative skepticism of Google has only intensified in 2017. The high-profile August firing of James Damore was one key moment here.
Google has abandoned its "do no evil" mantra years ago, and now people start to realize this. It's not a neutral search engine anymore and now starts to meddle with politics. That's not Google's job.