Antitrust: "Google coaches its employees on how they should talk about competition." (GOOG; EVIL)

"I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly"
—comedian Steven Wright
Last seen in 2017's "On This Date in 1935 the Game "Monopoly" Was Patented (economist Henry George does a cameo)".

From The Hustle:

The first rule of monopoly club: Don’t talk about monopoly club

Peter Thiel once said that “the people who have monopolies pretend not to.”
If we ever needed a tangible example, a leaked 2019 Google document highlighting 5 rules for written communication does the trick.

Obtained by The Markup, the document starts by saying, “Words matter. Especially in antitrust law” — and highlights how Microsoft got in antitrust hot water when its employees threatened to “cut off Netscape’s air supply.” 

Watch what you say
In an attempt to deflect perception of a monopoly in search and other products, Google coaches its employees. Massage your language, with some talking points:....

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