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AI van cameras give Amazon ‘roaming eyes in every neighborhood’
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
Come out Feb 11th and share hopes and dreams for Biden’s Middle East policy
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
‘Poverty Mode’: App-based drivers slam Lyft’s latest pay cut scheme
January 25, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Labor advocates on Monday pointed to Lyft’s latest driver pay reduction scheme as proof that the Biden administration needs to focus
Rights advocates alarmed by US spy agency’s purchase of warrantless phone location data
January 22, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Digital rights advocates reacted with alarm to a report published Friday detailing how Defense Intelligence Agency analysts in recent years bought
Progressives applaud Biden pick of Rosenworcel to lead FCC out of carnage left by Ajit Pai
January 21, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Digital rights and other progressive groups on Thursday hailed President Joe Biden’s choice of Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the
Ethics in Tech on the Capitol riot and social media firms banning Trump
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
Press freedom and human rights advocates lament Trump’s denial of pardons for Assange and Snowden
January 20, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Former President Donald Trump was roundly condemned by advocates of free speech and government transparency on Wednesday for failing to pardon
Kicking Trump off social media won’t save democracy, anti-trust experts warn
January 14, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Seeing President Donald Trump banned from social media might feel good, and it might even thwart some criminal acts inspired by the president’s
Google workers form union to ‘promote solidarity, democracy, and social and economic justice’
January 4, 2021 by Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Decrying numerous policies and practices they say violate Google’s “don’t be evil” founding principle, more than 200 of the Silicon Valley tech