Surveillance - Durham Research Online: Fill & Download for Free

Yes, the “politically-engaged trade associations, independent third-party organizations and other tax-exempt groups” as shown on their transparency page, specifically the PDF Membership Organizations and Third Party OrganizationsIt’s more correct to say that Google has been donating to, sponsoring and otherwise involved with a large number of other entities, among them some who have opinions on a great number of things, including climate change, that are not in line with a more catastrophic take on the situation.As the story quotes Google, “We’ve been extremely clear that Google’s sponsorship doesn’t mean that we endorse that organisation’s entire agenda – we may disagree strongly on some issues. Our position on climate change is similarly clear. Since 2007, we have operated as a carbon neutral company and for the second year in a row, we reached 100% renewable energy for our global operations.”The Guardian does link to the PDF showing these “hundreds of groups the company has listed on its website as beneficiaries of its political giving” and the transparency page while mentioning such as CEI, SPN, Cato, Mercatus, Heritage and some of their activities, as well as some of the activities of some of the people involved with those groups and by extension other groups not on the PDF.To call it funding climate change disinformation is not quite accurate. To act like it’s new or surprising that within hundreds of entities, some of them are more conservative and less enthusiastic about certain subjects, seems a bit melodramatic. To mention a few entities out of hundreds.Which to list them● Ad Council ● Advertising Research Foundation ● American Association of Advertising Agencies ● American Advertising Federation ● American Council On Renewable Energy ● Application Developers Alliance ● Association of National Advertisers ● Associated Industries of Massachusetts ● Bay Area Council ● Boulder Chamber of Commerce ● Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce ● Business Council for International Understanding ● Business Forward ● California Chambers of Commerce ● California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies ● Cambridge Chamber of Commerce ● Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce ● Coalition of Service Industries ● Colorado Technology Association ● Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance ● Center for Strategic and International Studies ● Coalition for Better Ads ● Chamber of Commerce Mountain View ● Consumer Technology Association ● Computer & Communications Industry Association ● Compete America ● Consortium for School Networking ● Data & Marketing Association ● Digital Advertising Alliance ● Digital Due Process Coalition ● Digital Media Association ● Direct Marketing Association ● Dynamic Spectrum Alliance ● Fiber Broadband Association, formerly Fiber to the Home Council ● Financial Innovation Now ● Food Marketing Institute ● Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce ● Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce ● Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce ● Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce ● Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce ● Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce ● Greater Seattle Business Association ● Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce ● High Tech Inventors Alliance ● Illinois Manufacturers Association ● Internet Infrastructure Coalition ● Information Technology Industry Council ● Interactive Advertising Bureau ● International Advertising Association ● International Chamber of Commerce ● Internet Coalition ● Internet Commerce Coalition ● Irvine Chamber of Commerce ● Joint Venture Silicon Valley ● Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce ● Magazine Publishers Association ● Mobile Marketing Association ● Network Advertising Initiative ● National Foreign Trade Council ● National Cyber Security Alliance ● New York Technology Council ● Partnership for New York City ● Redwood City Chamber of Commerce ● Reform Government Surveillance Coalition ● Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance ● San Bruno Chamber of Commerce ● San Francisco Chamber of Commerce ● San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce ● San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation ● San Mateo County Economic Development Association ● Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition ● Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization ● Silicon Valley Leadership Group ● Silicon Valley Organization ● Software & Information Industry Association ● State Privacy and Security Coalition ● Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce ● CompTIA ● TechNet ● Tech:NYC ● Texas Association of Business ● The Internet Association ● The New England Council ● U.S. Chamber of Commerce ● U.S. Council for International Business ● U.S. Global Leadership Coalition ● United States ITU Association ● United for Patent Reform ● Venice Chamber of Commerce ● Washington Technology Industry Alliance ● WiFi Forward ● World Business Organization ● Word of Mouth Marketing Association ● 4th Amendment Advisory Committee ● Access Now ● African American Community Service Agency ● Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials ● Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation ● American Action Forum ● American Antitrust Institute ● American Association of People with Disabilities ● American Conservative Union ● American Constitution Society ● American Council of the Blind ● American Council of Young Political Leaders ● American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ● American Foundation for the Blind ● American Hotel Lodging Association ● American Library Association ● Americans for Tax Reform ● American Security Project ● American University ● Arbor Day Foundation ● Asian Americans Advancing Justice ● Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies ● Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship ● Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation ● Asian Trade Center ● Aspen Institute ● ASU Foundation ● Atlantic Council ● Austin Area Urban League ● Austin Community Foundation ● Austin Public Library Friends Foundation ● Autism Speaks ● Berkley Center for Law & Technology ● Breakthrough Greater Boston ● The Brookings Institution ● Business Leaders for Michigan ● Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation ● California State University Northridge Foundation ● Cambridge Forums ● Capital Factory ● Cato Institute ● Center for a New American Security ● Center for American Progress ● Center for Democracy and Technology ● Center for Employment Training ● Center for Global Policy Solutions ● Center for Strategic and International Studies ● Chicago Parks Foundation ● Citizens Committee for New York City ● Civic Nation ● Clinton Foundation ● Collective Impact ● Committee to Protect Journalists ● Community Change ● Community Initiatives ● Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos ● Competitive Enterprise Institute ● Computer History Museum ● Conference of Western Attorneys Generals ● Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership ● Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ● Congressional Black Caucus Institute ● Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute ● Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute ● Congressional Institute ● ConnectSafely ● The Constitution Project ● Consumer Action ● Consumer Federation of America ● Copia Institute ● Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. ● Council of Korean Americans ● Cross-Border Data Forum ● Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center ● Democratic Attorneys General Association ● Democratic Governors Association ● Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee ● Digital 4th Coalition ● Digital Content Next ● Dolores Huerta Foundation ● Downtown Boulder Foundation ● Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Engine Advocacy ● Entrepreneurship for All ● Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas ● Esperanza Education Fund ● Family Online Safety Institute ● Federal Communications Bar Association ● Federalist Society ● Foundation for American Science and Technology ● Freedom House ● Friends and Family of PS11 ● Friends of Mountain View Library ● Future Founders Foundation ● Future of Music Coalition ● Future of Privacy Forum ● GLBT Historical Society ● Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy ● Georgia Tech Foundation ● George Mason University Foundation ● George Mason University Law School Law and Economics Center ● German Marshall Fund of the United States ● Global Entrepreneurship Network ● Global Network Initiative ● Global Voices ● Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce ● Habitat for Humanity ● Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs ● Healthcare Coalition ● Heritage Action ● Heritage Foundation ● Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley ● Hispanic Heritage Foundation ● Howard University - Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice ● Human Rights Campaign ● Identity Theft Resource Center ● Independent Women’s forum ● Information Technology and Innovation Foundation ● Inter-American Dialogue ● Inter-american Press Association ● International Center for Law and Economics ● International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children ● International Council on Disability ● International Republican Institute ● Internet Education Foundation ● iKeepSafe ● IT Caucus TX ● Jobs for the Future ● Johns Hopkins University - School of Advanced International Studies ● Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies ● Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network ● Key Tech Labs ● Kirkland Parks Foundation ● Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law ● The Latino Coalition ● LBGT Victory Institute ● Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights ● League of United Latin American Citizens ● Lincoln Network ● Llambda Legal ● Los Altos Community Foundation ● Mason Attorneys General Education Program ● Massachusetts Institute of Technology ● Mercatus Center ● Meridian International Center ● Mission Economic Development Agency ● Mission Housing Development Corporation ● Mothers Against Drunk Driving ● Mountain View-Los Altos High School Foundation ● Mountain View Chamber of Commerce ● National Action Network ● National Association of Attorneys General ● National Association of Chief Information Officers ● National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ● National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials ● National Association of the Deaf ● National Association of State Boards of Education ● National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors ● National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ● National Center for Transgender Equality ● National Conference for State Legislators Foundation ● National Consumers League ● National Congress of American Indians ● National Council for Independent Living ● National Cyber Security Alliance ● National Democratic Institute for International Affairs ● National Federation of the Blind ● National Governors Association ● National Hispanic Media Coalition ● National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts ● National Network for Youth ● National Network to End Domestic Violence ● National Organization of Black Elected Officials ● National Parent Teacher Association ● National Partnership for Women and Families ● National Review Institute ● National Speakers Conference ● National Taxpayers Union ● National Urban League ● Net Safety Collaborative ● Net Choice ● Netroots Nation ● New America Foundation ● New Deal ● New Leaders Council ● New Venture Fund ● Niskanen Center ● Non-profit Housing Association of Northern California ● North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations ● North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition ● Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ● Partnership for a New American Economy ● PATH ● PEN America ● Polaris Project ● Privacy Law Salon ● Progressive Change Campaign Committee ● Progressive Policy Institute ● Public Knowledge ● Re:Create Coalition ● Religion Newswriters Foundation ● Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press ● Republican Attorneys General Association ● Republican Governors Association ● Republican Legislative Campaign Committee ● Reporters Without Borders ● Ripon Society ● Roger Baldwin Foundation ● R Street Institute ● San Bruno Community Foundation ● San Francisco Chamber of Commerce ● San Francisco Citizens Initiative ● San Francisco Parks Alliance ● San Francisco Public Health Foundation ● San Jose Museum of Art ● Shoal Creek Conservancy ● Silicon Valley At Home ● Silicon Valley Community Foundation ● Silicon Valley Housing Trust ● Silicon Valley Leadership Group ● Silicon Flatirons - University of Colorado ● Small Business Majority ● State Government Affairs Council ● State Legislative Leadership Foundation ● Sunnyvale Education Foundation ● Sustainable Silicon Valley ● Technology Access Foundation ● TechFreedom ● Technology Policy Institute ● Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing ● Third Way ● Trustworthy Accountability Group ● UCLA Foundation ● UnidosUS ● United for Patent Reform ● United Nations Foundation ● United Church of Christ Inc. ● United We Dream Network ● The Urban Institute ● U.S. Black Chamber Inc. ● U.S. Conference of Mayors ● U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ● U.S. Telecom Training Institute ● USO of Metropolitan Washington - Baltimore ● Vital Voices ● Voto Latino ● Walkers Legacy ● Washington International Trade Association ● Washington Legal Foundation ● Washington Resource Council ● Women's High Tech Coalition ● World Affairs Council ● World Privacy Forum ● World Wide Web Foundation ● YMCA of Silicon Valley ● Young Transatlantic Leaders Initiative .What to do about it? One set of options might be to get rid of any Android phones or tablets, stop using such as analytics and ad-sense and stop doing any business with companies that use them, stop using gmail and calendar and search, etc. Another option is nothing. Then there’s everything in between the two.