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Google giving far-right users’ data to law enforcement, documents reveal — The Guardian

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A little-known investigative unit inside search giant Google regularly forwarded detailed personal information on the company’s users to members of a counter-terrorist fusion center, writes Jason Wilson.

Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/17/google-giving-user-data-authorities-documents-reveal

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