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
    591·
    16 hours 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
      26·
      15 hours 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

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
        81·
        15 hours ago

        All these people see which way the wind is blowing, and assume that Trump, by hook or by crook, will be out by next year. Vance has literally no center. He’s happy to take the cash from whoever and do whatever, even if it’s contradictory or straight up illegal. They’re all banking on Vance being in the chair by 2027, and they’re willing to potentially take the year of losses if it means they have a hollow shell of a human being to deadhand whatever’s in front of him.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        2·
        16 hours ago

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

        That’s on paper - that we know about. They are excellent long term planners, and the actual left needs to study that.

    • saltesc@lemmy.world
      2·
      13 hours ago

      “And all that pesky DEI crap, ugh! This is so much easier. Now it’s just this, pride month, and saying we planted a tree for our customers to offset their consumerism; which is their fault, not our’s. We honestly deserve a tax break.”

  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    14 hours 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.

  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
    16·
    16 hours 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
      14·
      15 hours 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

  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
    6·
    15 hours ago

    Well it’s a darn good thing that Google doesn’t have a mission like, “don’t be evil” otherwise this would be super awkward!