For many years, public perception of Google was that of a friendly giant with its techno-hippie ethos and stated agenda to make the world a better place. Whether through direct self-promotion or just the curious mythology of all things digital, this notion came to be widely believed by the general public. The fact that the company was working on a host of dark and questionable projects for the defense industry was somehow swept aside, as was the fact that Google spearheaded the notion of mass surveillance, however innocuous it’s early efforts in that direction might have seemed. Now, however, a clearer view of the company’s social and cultural agenda is emerging and it’s not a pretty picture. It shows a corporate entity intent on invading every aspect of our lives through hidden control of our most personal information, and then using that information to promote it’s own equally hidden agendas.
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