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'You can't look away': How a religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

By Cade Metz and Daisuke Wakabayashi
New York Times·
10 mins to read

In a tiny US town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a religious organisation called the Fellowship of Friends has established an elaborate, 1200-acre compound full of art and ornate architecture.

More than 320 kilometres away from the Fellowship's base in Oregon House, California, the religious sect, which believes a higher consciousness can be achieved by embracing fine arts and culture, has also gained a foothold inside a business unit at Google.

Even in Google's freewheeling office culture, which

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