The rise of surveillance capitalism in the 21st century has been very good for the world’s intelligence agencies, and vice versa. Maybe too good. Google has become an indispensable partner of the National Security Agency. The CIA has “relied exclusively” on Amazon for a $600 million cloud computing system. Israel’s intelligence services have birthed a...
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Google Joins Trump Campaign Against the Iranian Press
Google seems to be aligning itself with the Trump administration in its efforts to isolate and demonize Iran. The search giant is removing Iranian state media from YouTube Iran’s Press TV reports. On Thursday, Google removed 39 YouTube channels linked to the Iranian state broadcaster [Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting or IRIB]. Google terminated those...
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Google Is Still Working on Censored China Search Engine, Employees Claim
Google has been developing a search engine for the China market that complies with the Beijing government’s demands for censorship. Google employees have been resisting the project, saying they don’t want to be complicit in China’s restrictions. Google leaders have told employees they were shutting down the program, known as Dragonfly. But company sources tell...
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Why Google Stiffed the Senate Intelligence Committee
Does Google thinks it’s too good–too smart–for democracy? When the top three Internet companies were invited to Capitol Hill last month to explain the political impact of their operations, Twitter and Facebook sent their CEOs. Google sent a lawyer. Rather than hear the minion of Mountain View, the Congress chose to leave Google’s chair empty. ...