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The Google antitrust remedy should extinguish surveillance, not democratize it (pluralistic.net)

submitted 2 months ago by Anonymouse@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I thought this group may enjoy this read about a suggestion on an option to take in the Google antitrust lawsuit. Of particular interest is that certain groups feel that the "right" approach is that everyone should be able to surveil the population, Google-style and the choice quote:

The judge repeats some of the most cherished and absurd canards of the marketing industry, like the idea that people actually like advertisements, provided that they're relevant, so spying on people is actually doing them a favor by making it easier to target the right ads to them.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if part of the reason for supporting this is that they like the secondary effect that all this information is now also available to governments

[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

that could be, but reading between the lines, it seems that the judges have just been brainwashed to think like the media companies want. The article mentions "users WANT targeted ads" and yet when given the option, 90% of FB users shut off targeting.