6 minutes agoAmnesty International: Google and Facebook abuse human rights
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The international human rights organisation Amnesty International said in a recent report that it should force Google and Facebook to abandon what it claims are “models of supervised business”, as they are based on human rights abuses. A 60-page report from the organisation based in [...]
A 60-page report by the London-based organisation states that the business model of these <x0-dogent monitoring” is essentially incompatible with privacy rights and a threat to a number of other rights, including freedom of expression, equality and discrimination.
Amnesty International also believes that the practice of companies collecting personal information to supply advertising companies is a “unprecedented attack on privacy rights”.
The organisation also claims that companies are forcing people to make a “selection of Faust” and share information so that they can access Google and Facebook.
In a written answer, Facebook rejected the report's findings that it monitors its users and compromises their privacy. Google also rejected the report's findings, the AP broadcast.
