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Local ISP Monkeybrains, City of San Francisco deliver gigabit-speed broadband to public housing
San Francisco and the Bay Area at large suffer from some of the worst economic inequality in the US. The City by the Bay boasts more billionaires per capita than anywhere on Earth; at the
Netflix vows to fight Georgia’s abortion ban; threatens to reconsider investment
Sensing one of those “now-or-never” historical moments, regressive political, religious and social forces have passed a wave of laws that ban or severely restrict women’s reproductive rights in a growing number of US states, in
What does Jeff Bezos do when Amazon workers demand climate action?
There are ethics in tech. Even within the deepest, darkest corporatist recesses of tech, where profits reign über alles, ethics can be found. Witness Amazon Employees for Climate Justice. This intrepid group of 7,683-and-counting Amazonians
Click the links in this Guardian article on poor Uber pay, get recruited to drive for Uber
So, last week you heard that Uber and Lyft drivers were going on strike across the country and around the world and you wanted to know more. You Googled and selected The Guardian’s article on
Rideshare drivers and supporters demand better wages and working conditions at Uber SF headquarters
A protester demands better wages and working conditions outside Uber’s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (Photo: Brett Wilkins) Scores of spirited demonstrators, including many Uber and Lyft drivers and others showing solidarity,
Uber, Lyft drivers to strike in US, UK on May 8
Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers are preparing to strike in cities across the United States and Britain on Wednesday, May 8 ahead of Uber’s IPO. In the US, many participating drivers will turn off
Facebook bans Farrakhan, Jones and other ‘dangerous individuals’ for hate speech
The world’s largest social media network has banned what it called “dangerous individuals” who are known to disseminate hate speech. Facebook announced on Thursday that individuals including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, far-right conspiracy
Finally, Google will let users auto-delete location tracking data
Google will soon launch a new feature that will allow you to automatically delete your account’s location history and web activity data, and we say not a moment too soon. For years, Google has been
‘Preferably Caucasian’: Cynet apologizes amid furor over LinkedIn job ad
A Virginia-based tech recruiting company has apologized after posting an illegal job listing seeking “preferably Caucasian” candidates on LinkedIn and other sites. Twitter users first took notice of the offending employment listing by Cynet Systems.
Report: NSA recommends ending mass phone surveillance program
The National Security Agency has recommended the White House end the highly controversial mass phone surveillance program launched by the George W. Bush administration in the wake of the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on
Facebook expects up to $5 billion FTC fine for privacy violation
Facebook said on Wednesday that it is setting aside $3 billion during the first quarter to pay down an expected Federal Trade Commission fine resulting from an investigation of the company’s privacy practices. The announcement
Report: Community broadband banned or restricted in 26 states
A majority of US states have outlawed or restricted municipalities from building broadband networks, according to a new report from community broadband advocate BroadbandNow. “The climate for municipal broadband has worsened significantly since our last
EU unveils new guidelines on developing ethical artificial intelligence
The European Union has published new guidelines explaining how governments and businesses can develop “trustworthy artificial intelligence.” The EU’s High-Level Expert Group on AI has laid out three core rules for trustworthy AI — artificial
Shahid Buttar launches 2020 congressional campaign to unseat Pelosi
Countless thousands of progressive San Franciscans have long lamented that Nancy Pelosi, while technically representing the city in Congress, does not truly represent them or their values. Hopes and hearts across the City by the
Ever since our founding in 2012, Ethics In Technology has been an active advocate for ethics and human rights in the tech industry. We’re thrilled to announce that we are now a 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated
Facebook Finally Bans White Nationalism
The world’s largest and most influential social media network has finally banned white nationalism and white separatism. Motherboard reports Facebook announced the major policy shift — under which white nationalist and white separatist posts will
Elizabeth Warren wants to ‘break up Big Tech’. So do we.
Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren published a Medium post on Friday calling for the breakup of big technology companies in service of “protecting the future of the Internet” by encouraging competition and
Google fined €50 million under new EU data protection law
Ethics In Tech France’s data privacy protection agency has fined Google €50 million ($56.8 million) for failing to comply with the European Union’s new European Union data protection regulations. Agence France-Press reports the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique