Rights warriors want governments to actually, y'know, do something – anything
Amnesty International says the "pervasive surveillance" practiced by Facebook and Google represents a threat to human rights, a claim the two companies dispute.
On Thursday in the UK, the advocacy group, known for documenting torture and ethnic cleansing, published a report taking the two ad giants to task for business models that depend on harvesting personal data.
“Google and Facebook dominate our modern lives – amassing unparalleled power over the digital world by harvesting and monetizing the personal data of billions of people," said Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International, in a statement.
"Their insidious control of our digital lives undermines the very essence of privacy and is one of the defining human rights challenges of our era."
The organization's report, " amnesty slams facebook google pervasive surveillance business model
