Google’s leaders argued private data power is safer than state data power

Evidence

Page defended Google’s unprecedented information power with an extraordinary statement suggesting that people should trust Google more than democratic institutions: “In general, having the data present in companies like Google is better than having it in the government with no due process to get that data, because we obviously care about our reputation. I’m not sure the government cares about that as much.” — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 187

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing what due-process protections actually bind corporate data holders today — none analogous to the Fourth Amendment apparently apply.
• XREF: Connects to the foundational surveillance-capitalism inversion of privacy and corporate governance — state vs. corporate power.