Anyone up for protecting us from Google’s invasion of our privacy?

Action should be taken on this because, unless someone is watching child pornography or snuff videos..., it’s nobody’s business what any of us watch on our computers, least of all a massive entertainment multinational which can make commercial gains from the information.

HELLO Government? Opposition? Data Regulator? Who’s up for protecting little me and all my pals from Google’s planned invasion of my privacy? Not that Google themselves want to do what they’re about to do to me. What’s happened is that a judge in New York named Louis Stanton is forcing them to divvy up personal information on anybody who has ever watched a video on YouTube. Anybody. Anywhere. The data will include my e-mail addresses and history of viewing videos on the website, and will go directly to Viacom, the US broadcasting giant that owns channels like Nickolodeon and MTV.

Judge Stanton is the judge in a major copyright case between Viacom and Google. Viacom says the You Tube site encourages copyright infringement. Which it probably does. Take one of the videos watched, so far, by almost 50,000 people, mostly, it can be guessed, Irish. That video is called Cowen’s Downfall. It’s topical. Profane. And very funny, first time around.