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#NoTechForApartheid: Groups demand Amazon, Google stop profiting from Israeli crimes in Palestine
October 14, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams A day after hundreds of Amazon and Google workers condemned their employers for complicity in Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians, over 40 grassroots
Twenty Years After 9/11, ‘The Only Way to Effectively Counter Terror Is to End War’
September 11, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams As the United States on Saturday commemorates the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks with plenty of patriotic zeal but
Expanding the Cybersecurity Conversation to Include Civil Society: Our September 15th Conference
This week, President Joe Biden hosted a White House summit meeting on cybersecurity, inviting A-list Silicon Valley corporate leaders, Wall Street bankers, and CEOs from large industries. The meeting’s goal was to encourage the private
Each fall, Big Tech firms host pricey conferences in major cities to show off new products and technologies. This year, Wednesday September 15th, Ethics in Tech will throw a monkey wrench in the system with
Report calls social media platforms ‘safe space’ for anti-Jewish hate
August 2, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Despite promises to crack down on hate speech, social media companies took no action against over 80% of the anti-Jewish posts—which included
27 groups to Congress: Close FBI ‘backdoor search’ loophole
July 26, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Over two dozen advocacy groups on Monday sent a letter urging members of Congress to back a measure that, if enacted, would
Biden clarifies comment that Facebook is ‘killing people’ with Covid-19 misinformation
July 19, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday clarified his remarks from last week that social media companies like Facebook are “killing people” by
ISPs’ $234 million political spending harms efforts to close digital divide
July 19, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams To help close the digital divide and curb the pernicious influence of internet service provider lobbying, Congress must pass legislation and the
Progresives lead ‘Billionaire Blastoff’ backlash
July 12, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Progressive politicians and advocates this week responded to the so-called billionaire blastoff—the space race between Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson and Blue Origin’s