Google Internal Documents Reveal 2020 Strategy to Onboard Kids via Schools for Lifelong Loyalty
Leaked 2020 Google documents reveal a strategy to onboard kids via schools for lifetime brand loyalty, surfacing during a major child safety lawsuit against Big Tech.
Is Google's presence in the classroom about empowering students, or capturing them? Internal documents revealed as part of an ongoing child safety lawsuit suggest it's the latter. According to reports from NBC News and The Verge, the tech giant viewed schools as a primary gateway to secure users for life.
The 2020 Strategy to Onboard Kids into the Ecosystem
A heavily-redacted presentation from November 2020 outlines Google's plan to "onboard kids" through educational investments. The document explicitly states that integrating young users into the Google ecosystem early on "leads to brand trust and loyalty over their lifetime." This revelation highlights a calculated business move to ensure long-term market dominance by embedding their tools into the fundamental learning experiences of children.
Big Tech's Mental Health Legal Battle
These documents surfaced during a massive lawsuit filed by hundreds of school districts and families. The plaintiffs accuse Google, Meta, ByteDance, and Snap of developing "addictive and dangerous" platforms that have severely impacted mental health. While some companies like Snap have sought settlements, the unsealed documents provide a rare look into the internal motivations of these users acquisition strategies.
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