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Billionaire investor Peter Thiel says the FBI and CIA should investigate Google
cnbc.com ^ | 7/15/2019 | Saheli Roy Choudhury

Posted on 07/15/2019 10:59:03 AM PDT by bitt

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel said Sunday that the FBI and the CIA should investigate if Google has been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence, according to a report from Axios.

Thiel blasted the Alphabet-owned Google for its work in China, saying the search engine giant was "engaged in the seemingly treasonous decision to work with the Chinese military and not with the US military," according to Axios.

Last year, Google came under fire after it was revealed that the company was working on a controversial project to launch a censored search service in China.

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel said Sunday that the FBI and the CIA should investigate if Google has been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence, according to a report from Axios. Thiel, a Facebook board member, was speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. and his speech focused on three questions that should be presented to the tech giant, Axios said.

"Number one, how many foreign intelligence agencies have infiltrated your Manhattan Project for AI (artificial intelligence)?" Thiel reportedly asked. "Number two, does Google's senior management consider itself to have been thoroughly infiltrated by Chinese intelligence?"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; china; chinese; google; peterthiel; searchthiel; thiel

1 posted on 07/15/2019 10:59:03 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/15/2019 10:59:16 AM PDT by bitt (US intel is there to protect the safety and security of Americans. It is not a political tool.)
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Absolutely. That’s why I quit using Google and switched to DuckDuckGo. Not only do the not skew the results of your search, they do not sell your search information to others like Google does. I’m done with Google.


3 posted on 07/15/2019 11:02:32 AM PDT by econjack
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To: bitt

It is almost certain that Chinese intelligence has infiltrated almost all large technology companies doing business in the United States.


4 posted on 07/15/2019 11:04:46 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: bitt

Google, if it wishes to do business in China, has to obey Chinese laws and regulations.

Haier, if it wishes to do business in the USA, has to obey American laws and regulations.


5 posted on 07/15/2019 11:07:02 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Too minor problems with that:

Google IS CIA.

And the FBI is too busy covering up its own crimes.


6 posted on 07/15/2019 11:08:51 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: bitt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo


7 posted on 07/15/2019 11:08:52 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: bitt

I’m sure Chinese searchers are well aware that their government is watching the Internet most carefully.


8 posted on 07/15/2019 11:16:59 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: bitt

One EU official said she used the Qwant search engine.


9 posted on 07/15/2019 11:21:22 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: econjack
Wikipedia also??


10 posted on 07/15/2019 11:30:09 AM PDT by yoe
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To: bitt

Why involve FBI and CIA when they have shown to be untrustworthy?


11 posted on 07/15/2019 11:57:01 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: bitt

Bookmark


12 posted on 07/15/2019 11:58:49 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!)
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To: bitt

FBI and CIA? Google should just be asked nicely to investigate itself. Maybe after the CIA and FBI are deconstructed and all agents sent back onto the normal economy the replacement organizations could run such an investigation properly.


13 posted on 07/15/2019 12:07:45 PM PDT by arthurus (vbvvvv)
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To: yoe

Hillary Clinton is on the board of Wikipedia.


14 posted on 07/15/2019 2:19:07 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: bitt

FIB? CYA?


15 posted on 07/15/2019 3:19:10 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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Hillary Clinton is on the board of Wikipedia.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You’re kidding?


16 posted on 07/15/2019 8:20:53 PM PDT by thinden
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