An early investor in Facebook and Google has slammed them for 'aggressive brain hacking'

An early investor in Facebook and Google has slammed them for 'aggressive brain hacking'

*Roger McNamee, a famous early investor in Google and Facebook, says he regrets helping to create today's internet giants because they are hacking our brains to sell more ads.

*He's not the only one condemning brain hacking.

*McNamee warns that "there are no watchdogs" and consumers must start organizing now to pressure the internet giants to knock it off.

Iconic Silicon Valley venture investor Roger McNamee, an early backer of both Google and Facebook, has penned an explosive condemnation of these companies for what he calls "aggressive brain hacking."

McNamee now says he regrets his role in creating today's internet monopolies, which "have become a menace to public health and to democracy," he wrote in an editorial for USA Today published on Tuesday.

He then told Business Insider:

"The executives at Google and Facebook are good people but the unintended consequences of their well-intended strategy is causing enormous harm to society, to democracy and to the economy."

While he isn't yet advocating government regulation, he said, "I think we should be having a public conversation."