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> When Google starts to have any inclination to put a bag over my head if I search the wrong thing, sure Google actually did attempt to participate in that via

> When Google starts to have any inclination to put a bag over my head if I search the wrong thing, sure Google actually did attempt to participate in that via Project Dragonfly. Users searches would be correlated to their ids and sent to the government, which is actively surveilling people in order to decide who to suppress. Many of these are minorities who end up with bags over their heads in those concentration camp drone videos. The employees revolted so strongly the project was cancelled. > When the US Government can unilaterally demand security cooperation from Google in any way, shape, or form like the Chinese government can, then sure Tech companies sometimes sue to be allowed to disclose the secret requests that are made of them. Since 9/11, it’s been a lot harder to say no

plusCubed 6y ago
> The employees revolted so strongly the project was cancelled. Exactly - the buck stopped at company leadership beholden to internal/public reputation, rather than a central authoritarian government with the power to make you disappear.
- skummetmaelk 6y ago
  In a non democratic system citizens can revolt peacefully against such policies. A company is hardly better. Google could have decided to let the unhappy employees go. Most of them would probably have stayed and wiped their tears with their comp anyway.