Amnesty International issued a scathing
indictment of the world’s dominant internet
corporations, arguing in a new report that
Google and Facebook should be forced to
abandon what it calls their surveillance-based
business model because it is “predicated on
human rights abuse.”
The London-based global rights group said in
the 60-page report published Thursday that the
business model of what it calls the “Surveillance
Giants” is “inherently incompatible with the
right to privacy.” Google and Facebook likewise
threaten a range of other rights, including
freedom expression and the right to equality
and non-discrimination, the group said.
The report said the company’s practice of
vacuuming up personal data in order to feed
voracious advertising businesses represents an
unprecedented assault on privacy rights. It says