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   Brett Glass - WY7BG (brettglass@newsie.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 06:02:51 JST Brett Glass - WY7BG

   • evacide

   @evacide As we both know, EFF won't disclose the full amount of "dark money" it receives from Google. But the direct funding, "cy pres" money, in-kind contributions, and direct and indirect support of staff and directors is already quite substantial. EFF is a Google shill.

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     evacide (evacide@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 06:02:51 JST evacide

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     @brettglass So, what percentage of EFF's budget would have to be donated by Google in order to turn the org into a Google shill? What much is "quite substantial?" Like, 60% of the budget? 50% of the budget? 30% of the budget? EFF's annual reports and financial statements are readily available on the website right here: https://www.eff.org/about/annual-reports-and-financials

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     shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚✊🏽 (shom@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 22:48:27 JST shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚✊🏽

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     • evacide

     @evacide sorry for the necro-reply...

     For anyone stumbling upon this exchange later not only can you read the reports linked by evacide but if that's too much work, the EFF is a 501(c) non–profit that has strict reporting requirements and if these unsubstantiated claims are credible, one should absolutely publish the scoop. The EFF has powerful detractors and would love to bury them.

     Support the EFF as they work in public interest instead of engaging in manufactured sanctimonious purity tests!

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