Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”

Archived page link: https://archive.is/8RLoS

“Google removed certain apps used to report sightings of ICE officials, and “then they immediately turned around and approved an app that helps the government unconstitutionally target an actual vulnerable group.”

  • jdredbeard@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. Big corporations like Google, Apple, love fascism. It’s easier to profit by bribing a dictator, than it is to compete fairly in a free marketplace

    • NotSteve_@piefed.caEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      It’s easier to profit up until the orange idiot wakes up with a random personal vendetta one day because he had a dream that Tim Apple mentioned Bubba or something

      But I guess in the short term it’s more profitable which really is the only thing corporations care about

  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Every tech company has done this, if you don’t like that, stop or at least reduce the amount of money or free data you are giving them, there’s lots of guides on how to move away from their products

    • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
      1·
      2 months ago

      And remember folks, it doesn’t have to be everything all at once if that’s too much for you. Just start, and work further as you can

  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 months ago

    Google changed the name of Gulf of Mexico when pedonald decided he wanted too. They will do any 1984 type of shit the fascists ask them too if they expect to make more money. Fuck them all.