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gleBreitbart: "Google – and others in the tech industry, such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Pearson – have partnered with the U.S. Department of Education and school districts throughout the country. Their aim is to collect private student data as they also cash in on the Common Core reform that was privately funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and championed by politicians from both parties laser-focused on workforce development – also a pet project of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. ...
In an interview with Breitbart News, Eunie Smith, president of the Eagle Forum, said the proposal is mind-boggling in its apparent acceptance that it is the role of the federal government to plan the workforce. Smith said the proposal is a “Jeb Bush-type plan” that suggests “the only purpose of education is to prepare a citizen for a slot in the workforce.”
“Rather than equip an individual to pursue whatever goal he sets for himself as part of his God-given freedom, this is, instead, the German model being pushed by misguided business interests and some state interests,” she explained. “As a result, the type of education an individual would receive would be influenced by crony corporations dictating to schools the skills needed for future workers.”
The private data helping to plug students into different industries is being provided by tech giants like Google.“It doesn’t take undercover investigative journalists to unmask the massive privacy invasion enabled by educational technology and federal mandates,” conservative author and CRTV host Michelle Malkin wrote at National Review in April. “The kiddie data heist is happening out in the open — with Washington politicians and bureaucrats as brazen co-conspirators.”".......
Roger Simon: Google and China--Made For Each Other
"Google co-founder Sergey Brin -- the tenth richest man in the world, with a Donald Trump-dwarfing net worth of 52.9 billion dollars -- was extremely depressed by the election of Mr. Trump, as seen in a video just surfaced by Breitbart. He compared the president's supporters to "fascists" and claimed they voted for him out of "boredom," of all things. ...
China -- the furthest thing at this point from Marx's dreamed of "withering away of the state" -- is no longer really communist but something closer to corporate fascist, exploiting the market while using state control in the most ironclad crony capitalism, anti-democratic in every way imaginable. But, in the true communist tradition, they remain the global leaders in political prisoners. ...
None of this seems to bother Google or Brin. But at least one Google research scientist has called basta to his company's nauseating hypocrisy:
Jack Poulson worked for Google’s research and machine intelligence department, where he was focused on improving the accuracy of the company’s search systems.In early August, Poulson raised concerns with his managers at Google after The Intercept revealed that the internet giant was secretly developing a Chinese search app for Android devices.[snip]After entering into discussions with his bosses, Poulson decided in mid-August that he could no longer work for Google. He tendered his resignation and his last day at the company was August 31.
Yet, Sergey Brin and (presumably) Larry Page are worried about Donald Trump and his followers. They are the fascists. Say what? ...
...Brin's precociousness and attendant wild success at a very young age... may have cut him off from the real lives of common people before he had a chance, as an adult, to learn what they were really like. His "boredom" statement masks -- and not very well -- a contempt for people who work for a living (plumbers, electricians, construction workers , etc.), whose lives may appear tedious to Brin, but who had been overlooked by American elites for decades. ...
Google in its close relationship with China is becoming China, if it's not already there.
Simultaneously, Donald Trump -- the supposed fascist -- is the one who is actually challenging China, using the threat of tariffs to get them to change their behavior about such things as intellectual property, which they have ignored for decades. You would think Silicon Valley would be thrilled about this. But no. They go their merry, greedy way, making deals with Chairman Xi, this time -- how nauseating -- for a censored search engine. ...
The time has come to disband them. Otherwise they soon will have more power than any government with no one to make sure they "do the right thing." Perhaps they already do.".......
The time has come to disband them. Otherwise they soon will have more power than any government with no one to make sure they "do the right thing." Perhaps they already do.".......
John Hawkins: The Conservative Case for Breaking Up Monopolies Such as Google and Facebook
There is a strong Republican antitrust tradition.
There is a strong Republican antitrust tradition.
When he tweeted these words, Carlson was expressing a sentiment that many on the right have come to embrace. People are concerned, with good reason, that big tech companies discriminate against conservatives. Numerous conservative outlets have had their videos demonetized on Google’s YouTube. PragerU is appealing their loss in a lawsuit over that. A study by The Western Journal showed that a change to Facebook’s algorithm disproportionately harmed conservative sites.
In normal circumstances, this wouldn’t be a problem for government to solve, but social media has come to dominate our national conversation. ....
Keep in mind that we’re not talking about individuals or even whole industries here; we’re talking about unaccountable monopolies with detailed information about hundreds of millions of Americans, billions in cash reserves, and the capability to shape what is discussed and what is not discussed in America in a way that no book, radio show, television show or individual has ever had. Just to give you an idea of their dominance, 86 percent of web searches in America go through Google and 75 percent of Americans who are on the Internet are also on Facebook.".......
For starters, switch to DuckDuckGo. They don't spy on you and they show you how to switch your default search engine simply.
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...but they can be anti-Trusted!
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