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Google is everything. They own data on every single one of us and every move Google makes has an effect on the way most of us live our lives. The company is in
by maxehmookau 2y ago
Google is everything. They own data on every single one of us and every move Google makes has an effect on the way most of us live our lives.
The company is inherently political, and there's no way to be a company that big and not be political. Expecting otherwise is wishful thinking from Google leadership. I understand that it's easier when your employees don't talk politics, but is it a reasonable expectation? I don't think so.
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoGoogle and social tech are ticking authoritarian Time bomb. Whatever information Google, Facebook, Apple etc have on you, and the literally thousands and I do mean thousands of associated internet ad companies and specialized databases have on you... The government has on you. Actually multiple governments have on you. 1984 doesn't even begin to detail the fundamental level of information awareness that governments have on their fingertips of their population. The entire infrastructure now exists in government. All it takes is an authoritarian executive to be elected that isn't an incompetent buffoon, Democrat or Republican. So you're correct, it is inherently political. But it's not partisan. Google represents a political battle of fundamental democracy. One that was lost in the privacy battle 10-15 years ago. It is very, very doubtful. The privacy on the internet can be re-established in America considering the appetite of the federal government for total information awareness and the lobbying behemoths that big tech represent
- AbrahamParangi 2y agoI mean, they can simply start firing people who don’t do their job or prevent their colleagues from doing their jobs. It doesn’t seem like wishful thinking to think that that will work.