Google-funded thinktank fired scholar over criticism of tech firm

New America Foundation, which has received $21m from Google, dropped Open Markets initiative after senior fellow wrote blogpost praising EU fineAn influential Washington thinktank that has received more than $21m in funding from Google and its chairman Eric Schmidt dropped a team of scholars after its leader wrote an article praising the European Union’s decision to fine the tech giant.The New America Foundation is one of the leading left-leaning policy groups in the US and is led by Anne-