Amnesty believes that the technology giants' business models cannot be combined with the right to privacy and that they also threaten, for example, freedom of opinion and opinion, freedom of thought and the right to equality and non-discrimination.

“Google and Facebook dominate our lives today, creating unmatched power across the digital world by collecting and monetizing billions of people's personal data. Their insidious control over our digital lives undermines the very essence of the concept of the right to privacy, and is C, says Amnesty International Secretary-General Kumi Naidoo in a press release.

Calls for stricter legislation

Amnesty wants new legislation to prevent technology giants' data collection, and suggests, among other things, that access to their services should not be conditional on consent to data collection.

“Facebook and Google cannot dictate how we live online. The technology behind the Internet is not incompatible with our rights, but it is the business model that Facebook and Google have chosen. It is now high time for us to return to this important public space that is for everyone, and not for a few irresponsible powerful companies in Silicon Valley, "says Kumi Naidoo.

Both companies refute Amnesty's conclusions, which is also included in the report.