Japan: Google, the anti-social corporation

In a post entitled “Google, the anti-social corporation ^[1]” [ja], former Mainichi journalist and writer/blogger Hiroyuki Fujishiro [藤代裕之] at Gatonews picks up on an ongoing series of posts ^[1] [ja] by blogger and security researcher Hiromitsu Takagi [高木浩光 ^[2]] criticizing Google's handling of the roll-out of its Street View service in Japan. Fujishiro notes that while business aspects of Google are generally viewed positively, there is a need for more discussion on various issues relating to privacy, censorship, security/trust and culture.