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Employees urge Google to avoid complicity in border rights abuses
By Brett Wilkins Here at Ethics In Tech we’re quite used to hearing people snicker at the very name of our organization. Apparently there are quite a few people out there who think of “ethics
HRW Press Release: “Killer Robots: Russia, US Oppose Treaty Negotiations”
(Geneva) – Russia, the United States, and a handful of other nations investing in autonomous weapons are preventing efforts to start negotiations on a new treaty to retain meaningful human control over the use of force, Human
“We Are All Ears”: Ethics In Tech Hosts 3rd Community and Comedy Night
Ethics In Tech recently held the last in a series of three summer community and comedy nights. The July 24 event, called “We Are All Ears,” was hosted by EIT founder Vahid Razavi at the
Ethics In Tech Adopts Official Mission Statement
Last month, the board members of Ethics In Tech approved a new mission statement, which we unveiled at our recent event, “We Are All Ears: Ethics In Tech Community & Comedy Night III.” Drawing from
Ethics In Tech to host community feedback and comedy night in San Francisco
On July 24, Ethics In Tech will follow up two successful community and comedy events with something a little bit different. Instead of a speeches and stand-up format, we’ll be hosting a panel of experts
Cloud Wars: Amazon, Microsoft battle over Pentagon’s JEDI ‘war cloud’ project
By Brett Wilkins One thing is for certain: at the end of next month, the US Defense Department will award a $10 billion contract to a tech company to develop and deploy JEDI. That’s not
Ethics In Tech implores tech companies to stop profiting from US concentration camps
Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce among leading tech firms with government contracts tied to immigrant detention By Brett Wilkins As much of the world recoils in horror at continuing reports of refugees, including young children, being
Ethics in Tech to host community & comedy night at San Francisco’s Internet Archive
At Ethics in Tech we believe that laughter is not only the best medicine, it’s also the best way to educate and inform people about critical issues in our world today. Fresh off the success
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