I don't see how Google holds any culpability in this situation.
Google isn't the source of the abrogations of our civil rights, Google is merely the avenue by which the surveillance apparatus gains a toehold on a vast amount of data, be it meta, or otherwise.
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Another reframing:
"Government coverup to protect Google"
People will believe what they want to believe.
I don't see how Google holds any culpability in this situation.
Google isn't the source of the abrogations of our civil rights, Google is merely the avenue by which the surveillance apparatus gains a toehold on a vast amount of data, be it meta, or otherwise.