Former Google Exec Says He Was Forced Out for Opposing Company's Pivot to Evil

A onetime top Google executive, former head of international relations Ross LaJeunesse, is now publicly alleging that the company abandoned its “Don’t be evil” ethos because it was more interested in chasing “bigger profits and an even higher stock price.” LaJeunesse, who is now running for Senate as a Democrat in the US state of Maine, is one of the most senior current or former Googlers to have spoken out against the company’s ethically shaky business practices. He said in a blog post and an interview in the Washington Post on Thursday that Google pushed him out in April 2019 after he raised concerns about human rights issues – including projects ranging from drone imaging for the Pentagon...