Blow the Whistle on Google
Did you see it from the inside? The ad-auction tweaks. The accounts killed for the wrong reasons. The money that quietly never got paid out.
Current or former, on the record or off — what you witnessed could help thousands of businesses and advertisers fight back. It is confidential. Whistleblowers are protected. And it matters.
🔊 Blow the WhistleIf you worked at Google or Alphabet — or for a vendor, contractor, or partner that did business with them — you may have seen things advertisers and business owners never could. MultiGen Law Institute is building a neutral, public-interest record of how Google’s business practices affect the people who depend on it, and insiders are the most powerful voice there is. You do not have to name names or hand over documents. Just tell us, in your own words, what you saw.
We especially need to hear from you if you worked in:
What we want to know
Tell us about anything you witnessed that may have harmed businesses, advertisers, or consumers — or that may have crossed a legal line — such as:
- Accounts, Business Profiles, or channels suspended or terminated for reasons that were pretextual, automated without review, or financially motivated
- Advertisers charged for clicks or impressions that were invalid, outside their targeting, or otherwise not what they paid for
- Ad auctions, pricing, or “smart” adjustments changed in ways advertisers were never told about
- Search, ranking, or Business Profile visibility altered in ways that contradicted Google’s public statements
- AdSense, YouTube, Play, or merchant payouts withheld, clawed back, or delayed without a legitimate basis
- Data, privacy, or consumer-protection practices that broke the law or Google’s own stated policies
- Quotas, scripts, or internal pressure that put revenue ahead of the rules — or securities or accounting issues at a public company
You are protected — and you can stay anonymous
People who report corporate wrongdoing have real legal protections. Because Alphabet is a public company, the SEC Whistleblower Program (under the Dodd-Frank Act) can pay monetary awards and protect the identity of insiders who report securities or accounting violations, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act makes it unlawful to retaliate against employees who report fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission also take insider reports, and other federal and state whistleblower laws may apply to your situation. If you think you may have a formal whistleblower claim, we strongly encourage you to speak with a whistleblower attorney — and we can help point you toward one.
Please protect yourself, too
Tell us what you witnessed — but do not send us attorney-client privileged material, trade secrets, source code, or any documents you are barred from sharing by an NDA or that you obtained unlawfully. You do not need to take a single file to make a difference — your account of what you saw is what matters. MultiGen Law Institute is a consumer-advocacy organization, not a law firm; nothing here is legal advice, and contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Spill it — confidentially
Want to stay anonymous? Use a throwaway / burner email — it is only so we can reply, and we never share it.