https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/21/amnesty_facebook_google/ > Amnesty International says the "pervasive surveillance" practiced by Facebook and Google represents a threat to human rights, a claim the two companies dispute. > On Thursday in the UK, the advocacy group, known for documenting torture and ethnic cleansing, published a report taking the two ad giants to task for business models that depend on harvesting personal data.