The billions of people monitoring by Facebook and Google are a systematic threat to human rights, Amnesty International said.

The working model monitored by Facebook and Google was inherently incompatible with the right to privacy and constituted a systematic threat to a range of other rights, including freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of thought, and the right to equality and non-discrimination.

"Google and Facebook are controlling our modern lives" with their unparalleled "leverage" on the digital world by collecting and gaining the personal data of billions of people, said Secretary-General Komi Naidu.

"Their outrageous control over our digital lives undermines the essence of privacy, which is one of the specific human rights challenges of our time."

He stressed that in order to protect our basic human values ​​in the digital age (dignity, independence and privacy), there must be a radical reform of the way big technology companies operate, and the transition to an Internet where human rights are at the core.

According to the organization, the various platforms that these companies have - including Instagram, Google Search, YouTube, and WhatsApp - (although they) facilitate the ways in which people search for information and circulation, participate in the discussion, and engage in society, which (at the same time) Gateway to watch them.

She explained that (although) technology giants provide these services to billions of people without charging users, individuals pay for services intimate personal data, and are tracked continuously.