# When Google Met WikiLeaks by Julian Assange Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/when-google-met-wikileaks/ 2 people recommended When Google Met WikiLeaks by Julian Assange in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 1 of the 2 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content”. **Verdict:** Recommended as a fun read that people found eye-opening, covering Julian Assange's book about Google and WikiLeaks. Summary written by Claude from 2 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Fun to read (1 comment in the sample): "When Google Met Wikileaks is a fun read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177398)) - Eye-opening content (1 comment in the sample): "which i found to be eye-opening" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231497)) ## Other nonfiction books people recommend - [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg/): 38 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize - [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death/): 30 recommend, 5 mixed, 0 criticize - [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation/): 21 recommend, 1 mixed, 11 criticize - [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification/): 18 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "When Google Met WikiLeaks by Julian Assange", https://hackerapproved.com/p/when-google-met-wikileaks/ (2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.