Facebook and Google are time-and-time again labeled as surveillance powerhouses. They are often called out for having too much information on its users. Well, well-known human rights non-profit Amnesty International recently published a report calling out both Google and Facebook for their surveillance-based business models. It slams these two tech giants saying they are a threat to user privacy, human rights, and free expression in today’s age.
In response to Amnesty’s report, a Google spokesperson doled out this statement to The Verge – “We [Google] recognize that people trust us with their information and that we have a responsibility to protect it. Over the past 18 months, we have made significant changes and built tools to give people more control over their information.”
