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Julian Assange believes that "Google Ideas" is, amongst other things, a channel for Google to get involved in geopolitics while maintaing political cover and di
by gmisra 11y ago
Julian Assange believes that "Google Ideas" is, amongst other things, a channel for Google to get involved in geopolitics while maintaing political cover and distance - and Google Ideas often engages in surreptitious actions in concert with the US government.
http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it-seems-279447 http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it-seems-279...
IMO, anything Assange say needs to be taken with a grain of salt. But then again, the same holds for Google PR.
- task_queue 11y agoIf your concept of human rights are not in sync with the US State Department because of where/who you are or what you think, you should not use a US-based service for your security.
- themeek 11y agoJulian Assange is perfectly right in this case. Google is already very involved in geopolitics. Google Ideas is a way to protect US investments in culture export "civil society" apps.
- indians_pro 11y agothat article has a 'paywall'. is this the same one with the full content - https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ ?