There is a witch hunt against Google that is politically motivated happening now. If Google is funding its own research, it should be able to look at whatever

There is a witch hunt against Google that is politically motivated happening now. If Google is funding its own research, it should be able to look at whatever it wants. Why do we hold Google to a standard that most other companies are far worse at following? The appropriate place for independent critical research is outside of the company itself. Google is actually a pretty well intentioned entity to put out as much self critical research as it does.