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 sector to step up to increase online security and combat ransomware and other illicit activity Read more
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 our own conference and disrupt Big Tech towards human rights, eco-sustainability, and civil liberties. Tickets Read more
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 actually do, by almost $100bn over the past ten years. The report compiled by the Read more
Happy May Day! International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on May Day (1 May). In the spirit of International Workers’ Day, Ethics in Tech is defending workers’ rights by sending Read more
Ethics in Tech is proud to announce our new partnership with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Founded in 2007 in Melbourne, Australia and based in Geneva, ICAN played a key role in the crafting and implementation of the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first Read more
Thanks to everyone who helped make our last community and comedy night such a success! We’ll be back on April 15 for our next community and comedy night. This time, we’re mixing it up a bit, with talks on the climate crisis, the military-industrial complex, Big Tech monopolies, and tech Read more
Here is the text of our petition, which we invite you to sign. The petition is online here at RootsAction. Stop Amazon’s Monopolistic Business Practices. Break up and regulate Amazon and its subsidiaries. Put an end to Andy Jassy and Jeff Bezos’ anti-competitive business endeavors. Assist small business and tech Read more
February 4, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams In what one leading digital rights advocate is calling “the largest expansion of corporate surveillance in human history,” Amazon has begun installing artificial intelligence-equipped cameras in some of its partners’ delivery vehicles to monitor drivers while Read more
This coming February 11th offers a chance to reflect on what we hope to see from President Joe Biden’s administration in terms of Middle East policy. Event host will be Vahid Razavi, a Iranian-American author, activist and entrepreneur and the founder of our nonprofit, Ethics in Technology. You can sign up Read more
Ethics in Tech condemns the violence and destruction of property at the Capitol last Wednesday. There is no room for interference with our democratic election process. We also stand against the racist and anti-Semitic attitudes expressed by a number of those in the Capitol building. We express our sorrow for those Read more