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Digital rights advocates warn Trump’s FCC nominee is ‘even worse than Ajit Pai’
November 10, 2020—By Ethics In Tech Board Member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams President Donald Trump’s Republican nominee to the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday failed to disclose to the Senate his support for an
Voting, Faith in Humanity and Our Dec 10 Event
As a proud U.S. Citizen I am glad to have finally had a chance to participate in this election process. I have never understood the purpose of an electoral system that can subject the majority
Race to the bottom continues for workers as Uber, Lyft win Prop 22 after historic money dump
November 4, 2020—By Ethics In Tech Board Member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Shares of Uber and Lyft soared Wednesday after California voters approved Proposition 22, which exempts app-based ride-hailing and delivery driving companies from classifying their
How “fun” corporate cultures can put BIPOC and other marginalized people’s careers at risk
By Ethics in Tech board member Cristina Deptula I’m 38 and it’s lonely. Lots of people my age are lonely. It’s hard sometimes to figure out how to make friends when you’re no longer a
Facebook profited from climate misinformation even after vowing to fight it
October 8, 2020—By Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Millions of U.S. Facebook users have viewed dozens of climate disinformation ads paid for by shadowy right-wing groups this year, a think
San Francisco activists sue city over ‘illegal dragnet surveillance’ of George Floyd, BLM protests
October 7, 2020—By Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams A group of activists on Wednesday sued the city of San Francisco over its police department’s alleged illegal surveillance of protesters during
House report on Big Tech monopolies calls for far-reaching antitrust measures
October 7, 2020—By Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams House Democrats on Tuesday released a major report calling on Congress to overhaul U.S. antitrust law and take action to curtail the
Shut Down Creech: CodePink, Veterans for Peace stage week-long protest at Nevada killer drone base
Published October 5, 2020 by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams A group of 15 peace activists on Saturday wrapped up a week-long nonviolent, socially-distanced protest at a Nevada Air Force base housing a command and control
More than 50 progressive writers and activists—including leading progressive voices Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, and Medea Benjamin—have signed an open letter urging people in swing states to vote for Joe Biden for president.