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WikiLeaks Founder Accuses Google of 'Technocratic Imperialism' In New Book

Julian Assange is to publish When Google Met WikiLeaks to detail what happened in 2011 when, under house arrest in Norfolk, he and Eric Schmidt, 'locked horns' over the future of the internet. The book will outline how he despises what he sees as Schmidt's world view of 'equating progress with the geographic expansion of Google, supported by the US State Department' which he refers to as 'technocratic imperialism'. Conversely, the book's publisher says Schmidt argued that 'emancipation' of non-western countries equates to 'providing access to American companies and markets'.

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