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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
Maine leads the way with nation’s ‘strongest’ facial recognition ban
June 30, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Civil liberties advocates on Wednesday cheered as Maine enacted what that state’s ACLU chapter called “the country’s strongest statewide facial recognition
Amazon workplace safety initiative panned as ‘publicity stunt’
Originally published by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Labor advocates have responded with disdain and derision to news that Amazon and the National Safety Council are partnering to find “innovative solutions” to
New campaign to counter Amazon’s quest for world ‘dominated by total corporate surveillance’
Originally published by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins at Common Dreams To mark the one year anniversary of Amazon’s extended temporary moratorium on sales of its controversial Rekognition facial identification software to law enforcement agencies, over
New Study Accuses ‘Silicon Six’ Tech Giants For Inflating Tax Payments by $96bn
US tech giants known as the “Silicon Six” have come under siege after a new report accused them of inflating their tax payments, claiming in their annual reports to pay more in taxes than they
DC attorney general sues Amazon for alleged monopolistic price-fixing
May 25, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Tuesday sued e-commerce giant Amazon, accusing the world’s largest retailer of monopolistic price-fixing, stifling