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Albert Einstein

If I were to remain silent, I’d be guilty of complicity

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Daniel Ellsberg

Everybody who knows that truth has been concealed should consider whether this is not the time for them to speak out and to do it in ways that will both capture public attention, especially with documents, and protect themselves from retaliation. That's what I would tell them.

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SFPD used business cameras for mass surveillance of BLM protesters

July 28, 2020

By Brett Wilkins July 28, 2020 The San Francisco Police Department used a network of downtown business cameras to conduct mass surveillance of Black Lives Matter and other protesters in late May and early June,

Ethics In Tech is looking for partners

July 27, 2020

As Ethics In Technology, a small nonprofit, we have been fortunate. Early on, we partnered with organizations including the Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) and Campaign To Stop Killer Robots. We took a stand against weapons

Join Ethics In Tech as we imagine a world without nuclear weapons

July 16, 2020

To mark the 75th anniversary of the only nuclear war in human history — the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan — Ethics In Tech will be hosting an online event on Thursday, August 6,

Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh found beheaded, dismembered in NYC condo

July 15, 2020

By Brett Wilkins The chief executive officer of a Nigerian tech startup has been found dismembered in a luxury condominium in New York City. The New York Police Department confirmed on Wednesday that the remains

Ilhan Omar: US must acknowledge, pay victims of Somalia drone strikes

July 10, 2020

By Brett Wilkins Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is calling on the United States military to acknowledge civilian casualties caused by unmanned aerial drone strikes in Somalia, and to compensate those harmed by such attacks. Speaking

Ethics In Tech joins call for Microsoft to #DitchTheDAS surveillance partnership with NYPD

July 3, 2020

Brad SmithPresident of Microsoft1 Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052 Re: Domain Awareness System – New York City Contract Dear Mr. Smith,We, the undersigned civil rights and community-based organizations, call on Microsoft to end its surveillance partnership

Black Michigan man wrongfully arrested after false facial recognition match

June 24, 2020

By Brett Wilkins The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a complaint on behalf of a Michigan man who was wrongfully arrested and detained by police earlier this year after an incorrect facial recognition

Norway’s wealth fund urged to extend weapons ban to include killer robots

June 18, 2020

By Brett Wilkins An ethics committee appointed by the Norwegian government is recommending that companies that manufacture lethal autonomous weapons — killer robots — be excluded from investment by the country’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund. Bloomberg

US to ‘reinterpret’ arms pact to sell more drones

June 16, 2020

By Brett Wilkins The United States plans to reinterpret a decades-old arms control agreement so that US weapons companies can sell more unmanned aerial drones to nations including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,