Google LLC

Google LLC is a megacorporation based in the United States. Among the two largest internet-based services owned by Google are Google Search and YouTube. YouTube alone is accessed by an estimated 122 million people on a daily basis.^[1] Google’s proprietary web browser, Chrome, is likewise very popular, being in use on over 65% of all desktop and mobile devices as of August 2024.^[2] Despite the near-omnipresent usage of its platforms, Google has adopted a model premised on mass surveillance and invasion of privacy.^[3] Google, alongside other large US technology corporations such as Apple, is a known member of the United States government's PRISM surveillance program.^[4]

References

↑ GMI Research Team (December 3, 2024). YouTube Statistics 2024. Official GMI Blog. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
↑ Internet browser market share 2012-2020. Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
↑ Bennett Cyphers (March 19, 2020). Google Says It Doesn’t 'Sell' Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
↑ Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill (June 7, 2013). NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others. The Guardian. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

[1] GMI Research Team (December 3, 2024). YouTube Statistics 2024. Official GMI Blog. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

[2] Internet browser market share 2012-2020. Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

[3] Bennett Cyphers (March 19, 2020). Google Says It Doesn’t 'Sell' Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

[4] Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill (June 7, 2013). NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others. The Guardian. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

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