Google Joining Fight Against Drug Cartels 253
Several readers sent word that Google has announced its intention to start fighting drug cartels and other 'illicit networks.' According to a post on the official blog, the company thinks modern technology plays a key role in helping to 'expose and dismantle global criminal networks, which depend on secrecy and discretion in order to function.' They're holding a summit in Los Angeles this week, which aims to 'bring together a full-range of stakeholders, from survivors of organ trafficking, sex trafficking and forced labor to government officials, dozens of engineers, tech leaders and product managers from Google and beyond. Through the summit, which lasts until Wednesday, we hope to discover ways that technology can be used to expose and disrupt these networks as a whole—and to put some of these ideas into practice.'
Re:If we start filtering... (Score:3, Funny)
when filtered incorrectly...
Should rename themselves (Score:1, Funny)
We what the internet to improve productivity! (Score:4, Funny)
The internet is great for all businesses, but it better not improve the productivity of :
- drug traffickers,
- child predators
- religious fundamentalist (except Christians of course!)
- unauthorised file sharing
- white power groups (except those in the Southern USA, where it is a tradition).
- anti governmental uprisings (except in Egypt and Syria - those uprisings are OK)
- or scammers and spammers (except those Himalayian Gojo berries and commercial Vitamin pills - those are real businesses)
- those promoting the views on "Global Warming/ Climate change", on either side of the debate
- school kids who "dis" their school
- People who believe that endless economic growth is impossible and ultimately unsustainable - the end is near!
Ok, I take it back (Score:4, Funny)
After a brief but extensive search online, I take back the "multi-trillion dollar industry" remark.
The LEGAL DRUG INDUSTRY just broke the ONE-TRILLION-DOLLAR MARK on 2012
Based on the following report:
http://www.imshealth.com/portal/site/ims/menuitem.d248e29c86589c9c30e81c033208c22a/?vgnextoid=4d47d1822e678310VgnVCM10000076192ca2RCRD&vgnextchannel=437879d7f269e210VgnVCM10000071812ca2RCRD&vgnextfmt=default [imshealth.com]
In 2011, the global sale of pharmaceuticals totalled 956 billion dollars, and it was predicted (back in 2011) that the figure to hike another 70 billion dollars or so, for 2012