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Big Brother is another term for a government that is constantly watching and monitoring its citizenry, regardless of whether the activities of its citizenry are legal or not. As technology advances, so do the tools for Big Brother's oversite. The citizens under Big Brother's ever watchful eye, typically do not like or support being so closely monitored by the government, even if the government considers it for the good of all.
This has led to the government/s continuing of its Big Brother programs in more secretive and subtle ways in order to not cause alarm or outcry from its citizenry. It seems that private industry is not working or colluding with government, whether willfully or not, in order to further this Big Brother agenda.
Here are two notable examples from just one company that I believe show that the government is influencing if not forcing private companies to adhere to government programs and planning. Both examples come from Google and its parent company.
The first example has to do with the commercial Bail Bonding industry. For those who do not know or are unaware, in the United States, anyone accused of a crime must be taken before a judge or magistrate to determine the outcome of the accusation and the accused. Sometimes this decision process, called a court trial, can sometimes takes many days, weeks, months and possibly years while in the meantime, the accused would remain in a jail awaiting the outcome of the trial. While awaiting the trial process, the US Constitution has provided the 8th Amendment which allows for a person accused of a crime to pay for Bail in order to face their accusation and trial while free from incarceration.
Although the idea and laws for Bail go back to English Common Law, Bail in the United States has come under recent attack. There are some who believe that U.S. Bail Law as it stands today is unconstitutional and unfair to those of modest means. The argument goes that only the rich can afford to pay for bail and be released while going to court trial. The Bail industry counters that there are discounts offered along with payment plans that facilitate getting out of jail under a Bail Bond. Proponents on both sides have valid arguments and points, whose merit is not the point of this article but rather the fact that a private party with no actual directly vested interested in this Bail Bond argument has actually taken a side in this argument.
Google and Alphabet inc, the parent company of Google, have come out in support of Bail Reform. Although Alphabet inc, mostly through Google, is an internet company that has no direct ties to the Bail Industry, it does allow for advertising from privately owned businesses in the Bail Industry. Well, that is about to change with Google announcing that they will no longer allow ads from Bail Bond company starting in July of 2018. Facebook has also agreed to disallow Bail Bond advertising. Google, Facebook and other groups believe that Bail Bond ads take advantage of poor people of color and will no longer allow "abusive" ads.
The Cryptocurrency market has also been affected by private companies such as Facebook and Google that are attempting to force their political agendas on the rest us. The cryptocurrency world has been around for the last 9 years when Bitcoin officially launched in 2009. Fast forward to the end of 2017 with Bitcoin nearing a $20,000 price tag, and that put the world on notice that Bitcoin was no fluke afterall. Up until this time, Google, Facebook and other internet resources where in full swing of accepting crypto-ads.
Yet, once the price of Bitcoin went down, which it has done many many times before, in early 2018, that is when the political agenda against cryptocurrency began to take off. Now everyone who had previously dismissed Bitcoin as a "beanie baby" or Tulip mania fad was either changing there tune in support, or becoming increasingly afraid of the financial revolution cryptocurrency would bring forth. Those afraid of the crypto-revolution have stepped up their agenda to either stop or hinder cryptocurrency.
Facebook, Google and other web portals have since stopped accepting ads for cryptocurrency and/or ICO's. These companies have the right to not accept ads they deem offensive of harmful. Therefore if they feel Bail Bonds or Crypto advertising will hurt those that use their services and happen to see these questionable ads, then that is perfectly fine.
If these companies feel that they are doing a service to the community they serve by protecting them from harmful ads, then great.
But what if these companies are not so altruistic in their actions of restricting and censoring information. One thing is to not accept paid advertising for ideas or business you do not believe in but is denying or covering up information altruistic or self serving?
It seems that as of recent, Google news has stopped putting cryptocurrency news on its front page. Google news is mostly an aggregator of news, but it would generally always have cryptocurrency news on its front page, especially in the last year. Now you will not find a single news story on its front page. Same thing for Yahoo, another news aggregator. As cryptocurrency gained popularity and price, so did the amount of front page new stories on Yahoo. Yet, now you will only find a very select few articles that mention cryptocurrency on the Yahoo front page.
The U.S. news media is now the weapon of choice for the ultimate in misinformation and censorship.
Maybe that is why RT news is becoming more popular?
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It feels great when someone is got your back. Big brother is always watching.
I hope he won't stop the crypto adds on google. We need a couple more big bull runs and reach a market cap of 10 billion.
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In my personal opinion ...
Sure...Google is becoming more and more a tool for big brother....
Thanks for your effective and informational writing @streetstyle
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i am surprised to know that" The Cryptocurrency market has also been affected by private companies such as Facebook and Google".
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I don't know, Is it that the government are not seeing the fact that crypto has eve provided jobs or ended unemployment more than they ever have? I mean Zuckerberg of all people must know the meaning of being self innovative but apparently he's chosen to be a big brother.
Stopping crypto ad will not deter the progress of cryptocurrency,
The governments of the world should cut crypto a slack it's done more good than harm
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The politic power affects all from the food you eat to the internet you surf so just see some days ago the chaos about the privacy on facebook so we know that politic is behind that order in my opinion now we have to stay alert and work with high culture i mean work in an soft way to have privacity in our own control, very very interesting topic and post. Regards
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Interesting information and this is very sad, but it turns out that we are all victims of censorship! Thank you @streetstyle
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I think you're right, the crypto currency becomes common for everyone, and Google and Yahoo do not see anything sensational about this.
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Thank you for the information @streetstyle and it seems that the influence of "Big Brother" has already become the norm in our life!
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Liberalism?? Liberalism as a civil moment was started by John Locke's "Letter Concerning Tolerance," which ushered in the age of englightenment. What's going on now hasn't got a fuckin' thing to do with Liberalism. It's more like 1984 double speak.
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This big brother is a very sophisticated system that can keep an eye on every citizen, will definitely create peace in society,
It's a very genius innovation ..
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Google must be broken up under anti-trust laws.Facebook is censoring like China and works to prove censoring to re-enter the China market.America is ready for civil war and the nation will be divided up into five countries.Auroaboriasshole poster is foreigner living in another country telling us how America is suppose to be. He is fanatically eat up with it. We want a wall, but he says the Mexicans are good for America. He is racist and communist and says hes not. He is an Argentinian who hates America because of the Falklen island war, malvenas etc. He rails against American companies etc.We get Chinese on this board and many others trying to manipulate the board comments. Thus we need to know these countries are our enemies. We should not provide free defense for any nation. America is bad because of unlimited illegal, legal and refugee immigration. We bring in those who hate us.There is going to be a kill off, and this nation will be divided into five new countries. What happens to people anywhere and everywhere will no longer be our concern. Then we'll see how these ungrateful pos like that.
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They can't stop spreading the news about crypto. Great crypto news make graphics cards prices go insane (Together with other PC parts)! And companies who make them together with distribution shops devour immense profits.
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Thanks for sharing a good post bro.
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Really I'm gladed on your blog writing. Right now I seen a valueable information from post. The information is Crypto market helding some effection of private companies like as google and facebook. I think that is great learning point for all.
thanks for the sharing of educational blog.
hey dear @streetstyle, see this photo. big brother is flying with big tool box.
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This is a very useful sensor, big brother.
Very interesting information @streetstyle,
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Well writing dear.
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Thanks for sharing this writing,I appreciate this news. keep it up my dear friend....
Upvote and resteemit.
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Thanks Sir @streetstyle for the information.
I appreciate your blog writing page.
upvoted
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That's a great news, I appreciate your writing.
best of luck my friend, upvote and resteemit
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Amazing post you are such a awesome writer,
I always appreciate about your valuable post.
Thanks for sharing.
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World is updated day by day ..... your article is very informative.... now crypto word is smart currency... everywhere is technology... we are depend on this lifestyle... thanks for sharing...
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this is something new to me, thanks for sharing...
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You have been giving really good post gifts for a while and it is really very important. Thank you so much for giving us such a beautiful post. I gave you a picture and I think you will be very happy
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Your post is informative.
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that is damn true....
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great news...
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you showing very best tropic of today.just high thought quality knowledge skills writing.. Sometimes people do not understand what their government is doing, because not all people understand about politics, first for ordinary people, then the government must explain clearly, then they can understand. I myself do not understand politics, I am sorry if I am wrong in the comments about your post. thanks to sharing for your good post..very well done..my dear friend.. @streetstyle
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Big Brother is another term for a government that is constantly watching and monitoring its citizenry, regardless of whether the activities of its citizenry are legal or not.
There is something known as privacy, Man it sucks, they don't let people live thier life to fullest, monitoring them continuously. First Facebook now Big Brother, this kinda technology sucks.
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Wonderful writing.. thanks for sharing Valuable information.i appreciate your every post.
Thanks for sharing your life.
@resteemit upvote done
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yes, I also think why has so much to say about cryptocurencie, whether steemit will be problematic, and thanks @streetstyle, have shared very good and useful info, good luck always friends.
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O sistema do irmão mais velho?
Um sistema que ataca os outros, especialmente
O sistema de vigilância viola a privacidade dos outros
Realmente grande informação sobre grandes coisas
Desejo-lhe tudo de bom
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Valuable information. thanks for sharing this news
I like your blog.all the best .
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Great writing.i appreciate your blog.this is valuable news.
I follow you:-)
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Yes, time is not running good for Crypto right now.....that's why some playing with it but it's not so far to be a great currency!
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a very good post @streetstyle, your words can be a great motivation for all of us in living this life. Sometimes people do not understand what their government is doing, because not all people understand about politics, first for ordinary people, then the government must explain clearly, then they can understand. I myself do not understand politics, I am sorry if I am wrong in the comments about your post. thank you...
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No matter what they do they're gonna have to accept crypto sooner or later coz it is the future and you can't ignore the future
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You are always discussing relevant topics. We can learn many new things from your writing. keep it up
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Thanks for all of your information
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Dear street style I agree with you 100% you are absolutely right.
Great and informative post.
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Google, by gaining the consent of its users in the form of a quick tick, has secured the power to build an electronic surveillance apparatus that far exceeds anything the Bush administration tried to do.… The potential is vast. For instance, Gmail has a contact-tracking feature, which integrates with Picasa, its free product for managing digital photographs. Picasa has a tagging feature that can tell Google where and when photographs were taken, and an advanced facial recognition feature that allows Google to identify individuals it has seen in one photo in any photo in the user’s digital library. Integrating just these three services with Google’s core search function could allow Google to locate individuals in virtually any digital photograph on the internet, and so derive where each user has been, when, with whom and doing what. Add YouTube to the mix, or Android smartphones, or whatever other database Google develops or buys — the implications are breathtaking.
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you are so great person on steemit community,
i always love your article and helpful information.
Thanks for sharing your great writing.
#resteemed your post
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Dear @streetstyle My some photo work for you
Stone heart :
sketched girl :
Dream painting :
Love tree @streetstyle
I also made a post for you you can check out :
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Hope You enjoyed and kindly let me know which one was better or you liked most : )
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As they say "the dog is barking the caravan is going." Whatever news is spread out by the mass media, the crypto currency is going to the front
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You can't really class all reality shows together. For instance, 'Top Chef' is about talent and competition. 'Big Brother' is more like what happens when you get all those narcissistic personalities crammed in together... and there are limits to that.
Btw thanks for the post @streetstyle
I always appreciate to your post .
You always post with a new content .
Also thanks for sharing to us.
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Excellent post, thanks for sharing this news. @streetstyle.
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It seems good decision from both Google and Facebook to not be into the abusive ads. Hope that ad company will learn from it when their revenue will drop!!
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Facebook is finally looking to jump into crypto, it has been declining it before but now they want it! Let's see how this settles down!!
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It is going to be worse than that with new invention and spy wares of different nanotechnological forms, implants, bugs, beams, flybys and specdotes. It is easy to see what is coming.
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thanks for shareing for importent post
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Emphasis on private companies. The realization here should be that large companies have a lot of power.
That said...
Umm... no. What was going on is a lot of scams, and a lot of people lost a lot of money from BTC's massive drop.
Crypto enthusiasts have been claiming government was afraid of cryptos literally since inception. Governments, on the other hand, haven't done shit against them. They finally started to take notice when prices went way up, and their reaction was simply "oh, tax revenue stream." That's it.
The worst governments, like China, leak news of banning cryptos every few months... but most likely as a means of manipulating the price so they can trade it.
You say that, but I've got a story from Cointelegraph as literally the fourth story on my phone's news feed...
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You have been scouted by @promo-mentors. We are a community of new and veteran Steemians and we are always on the look out for promising authors.
I would like to invite you to our discord group https://discord.gg/vDPAFqb.
When you are there send me a message if you get lost! (My Discord name is the same as here on Steemit)
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This is a film or what?
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Hello sir! you have written a well ordered and informative article and I really liked it. I am newbie here and approved today. I would appreciate your suggestions and support! Thanks
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Like seaven seagle, actor film. But your posting are good
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Nice post @streetstyle very good, thanks for information
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Saya telah membaca postingan ini. Tulisannya sangat berguna bagi stemian
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Saya telah membaca postingan ini. Tulisannya sangat berguna bagi stemian.
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Bagus.. sangat berguna beritanya
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The data is the real gold mine for all these big platforms
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I like post you street. I love you
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I like your post powerenges. Sip thanks
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good writing. love to read it...
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Great writing.i appreciate your blog.this is valuable news.
I follow you:-)
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when the price of btc is near about 20k it facinating everyone, now price down its time to blame! difinitely you reveled the truth for the world.
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Interesting information and this is very sad, but it turns out that we are all victims of censorship! Thank you @streetstyleThe politic power affects all from the food you eat to the internet you surf so just see some days ago the chaos about the privacy on facebook so we know that politic is behind that order in my opinion now we have to stay alert and work with high culture i mean work in an soft way to have privacity in our own control, very very interesting topic and post. Regards
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Good post 👍 thank you information
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Good post 👍
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Bereh memang Hana bantah Lee 👏
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i appriecate this post. thank you for post
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As a matter of fact they will try their their best to put down an end to the crypto market by their influence and power but they unfortunately forgot Crypto does not care ,it might be a few step back but as time changes so should their thinking as well.It might take some time but it sure will take a surge in the uptrend.
Thanks for the point outs.
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