Attorneys general from 48 US states and 2 territories announced on Monday that they were launching an investigation of what they called “potential monopolistic behavior” by internet giant Google. The bipartisan probe is being spearheaded by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and has been joined by all but two states, Read more…
The LGBTQ tech organization Lesbians Who Tech have removed Palantir from a long list of corporate sponsors of its upcoming New York Leadership Conference, citing public outrage over the company’s complicity in human rights abuses against undocumented immigrants detained and imprisoned by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Members of Read more…
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 in tech” as something of an oxymoron. However, in every tech giant there are employee Read more…
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 Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco. In addition to releasing the Read more…
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 our board’s diversity, commitment to social, economic and environmental justice and experience in the tech Read more…
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 and engaging with you, our audience, to help us become an effective nonprofit organization that Read more…
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 another less-than-serious Pentagon foray into Star Wars-inspired folly, like the Defense Innovation Unit’s recent quest Read more…
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 imprisoned, abused and even dying in US concentration camps, scores of businesses big and small Read more…
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 of a similar event last month, Ethics In Tech will be hosting a community and Read more…
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 same time its surging unhoused population and exodus of working- and middle-class families, many of Read more…