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So Freedom wanes because governments are doing what internet monopolies(facebook and google) have been doing for years?
by vaadu 10y ago
So Freedom wanes because governments are doing what internet monopolies(facebook and google) have been doing for years?
- Bartweiss 10y agoWell... yes? Governments are under much stricter restrictions regarding censoring speech than companies, and are generally seen as more important because they can come and put you in prison. I agree that total privacy on the internet has been exceptional for ages, but there's a real difference between Google knowing all about you (and maybe telling the government if they ask) and the government knowing all about everyone and deciding how they want to act on that. J. Edgar Hoover never worked for Google.
- fauigerzigerk 10y agoSo far Google hasn't prosecuted me for spreading atheism.
- ccvannorman 10y ago"First they came for the neo-liberal Trump supporters, and I didn't speak up."
- sangnoir 10y agoWhen did Google do that? I guess it's more romantic than "First they came for the link-spammers, and I didn't speak up."
- bbcbasic 10y agoEven if they could, they would rather targetedly advertise to you now they know that about you.
- noarchy 10y ago>So Freedom wanes because governments are doing what internet monopolies(facebook and google) have been doing for years? I don't have to use Google for search, and I don't. And Facebook is far from being compulsory. Can you tell me how to opt-out of what governments are doing?