Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based advocacy group that supports efforts to help kids with media and technology, says Google Inc. is one of 60 companies that have helped fund its annual awards program. Mountain View, California-based Google contributed $25,000 to...
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The Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Common Sense Media Praises Google Donations to Award Program
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz holds up an iPad as he speaks during a news conference regarding the agency's 21-month-long investigation on Google on Jan. 3, 2013 at the FTC headquarters in Washington.
Google Helped Honor FTC Chairman While Agency Probed Company
Google Inc. contributed $25,000 to honor the outgoing chairman of the Federal Trade Commission while under investigation by the agency for antitrust violations, Senate records show. Filings show Google gave the money to Common Sense Media Inc., an advocacy group...
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