he more Google is investigated, the better. Corporations don’t have rights in the first place, they’re mere legal fictions, and all history shows that corporations need constant close scrutiny. As a corporation, Google must *prove* itself innocent, it doesn’t have nor merit the assumption that a “natural” person does. You assert “there’s no evidence whatsoever” while objecting to try and gather any such.

Why do you stand up for a mega-corporation that can defend itself?

Hmmmm, actually last time I checked the definition of a Corporation was an entity of it’s own with limited inherent rights. Corporations are created as an entity on behalf of the people creating it to shell liability and operate as a singular “person” separate from the multitudes involved in creating and operating it.

Regardless of that, I agree corporation needs more oversight, but Google isn’t my biggest concern. The corporations that I see committing the biggest violations of trust and rights are the cities, counties, and states. For instance the cities exploiting safety laws to fill budget shortfalls, to violate individual rights, and to exploit private information they have collected.

If you think these other companies selling your email address or anonymous browsing data are bad, just wait until this spending orgy causes local government corporations to need to start “monetizing” their data.

Having lived in Korea, I can say that Korean politicians and government bureaucrats can grandstand in front of the media with the best of them. Prosecutors like to see themselves on the evening news. No one makes a big deal about it because the public is cynical about government. One can reasonably assume there, just like lots of places nearer to home, that one of the principal figures in the investigation is preparing to run for office.