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Normally, one might put pressure on an institution that has behaved unfairly - think corporate boycotts, etc. Interestingly, however, TED TALKS is owned by the TED Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable entity, which makes it tougher to target unfair behavior because they have no public product or service, and are not subject to the level of scrutiny to which American for-profit businesses are. The Clintons and others figured this out a long time ago. However, their officers, directors and donors are all disclosed in their most recent 990, available here: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821934592/202242949349100909/full . Perhaps Glenn, John and Coleman, as well as some of my fellow readers, know some of these people (mostly in the NYC area, it seems) and can ask them how they feel about this incident.

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