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http://neveragain.tech/ has a ton of Googlers on there. I'm among them.
I am skeptical. If you really want to make the promise of "never again", maybe you shouldn't participate in massive data collection efforts such as those of Google in the first place.
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I doubt Google or any other SV corporation would ever agree to help with a Muslim registry. Even if somehow the top leadership of such a company were to agree (which I doubt), you'd see defections, sabotage, and heavy leaks almost immediately.
You mean the Nseers registry that was in place, probably build by the same SV companies, and Obama just dismantled it to make Trump look bad? Yeah.. Registry used to track Arabs and Muslims dismantled by Obama administration: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/22/nseers-arab-...
Trump's previously proposed Muslim registry covers Muslims already authorized to live in the US.
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> Even if corporations really were sincerely pursuing social progress, that would be bad. In a democratic society, social progress should not be determined by a small group of unaccountable organizations. I disagree. Progress shouldn't be dependent on a small group of unaccountable organisations - but if such want to get out there and run their businesses in an, progressive manner that benefits society as a whole, I'…
> Progress shouldn't be dependent on a small group of unaccountable organisations - but if such want to get out there and run their businesses in an, progressive manner that benefits society as a whole, I'm going to cheer them on. What would you think if big companies like Google and Apple pursued a conservative agenda? What if they were against same-sex marriage or legal abortion? The sword cuts both ways. There is…
I would think it was bad and would think less of them.
That's why I said 'Progress shouldn't be dependent on a small group of unaccountable organisations'
We shuldn't depend on good things happening because corporations do them. But by gum, if corporations do good things I will applaud them - and if they do bad things I will criticise them.