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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026

But when Cnet ran an article summarizing details of Schmidt's personal life that could be discovered *by searching Google*, he ordered a company-wide blacklist of Cnet reporters, which lasted for years: www.cnet.com/tech/tech-in...

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Eric Schmidt, who led Google's transformation into a tech giant, has left the company - CNET

Schmidt exited as a technical advisor at Google parent company Alphabet in February.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026

But Schmidt is an amateur at the game of "privacy for me, never for thee."

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026

The true master of the game is Peter Thiel, who secretly bankrolled a lawsuit against Gawker in order to destroy the news outlet in retaliation for outing him as gay (Thiel cofounded Palantir, one of the world's most prolific, shameless surveillance companies): www.wired.com/story/ryan-h...

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How Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan broke Gawker: UpVote 24

When Gawker outed billionaire investor Peter Thiel, he decided to drive it secretly out of business. How? With Hulk Hogan and a sex tape. Ryan Holiday tells the incredible story – and explains why thi...

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