July 21, 2022 by Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Privacy, antitrust, and other advocates on Thursday sounded the alarm over Amazon’s purchase of boutique healthcare company One Medical, a move that one group said “opens a terrifying new frontier in surveillance of Americans by private corporations.” CNBC reports Amazon is acquiring One Medical, a Read more…
November 17, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Progressives on Wednesday slammed what they called a proposed $10 billion handout to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos—the world’s first multi-centibillionaire—in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act as a “giveaway of galactic proportions” in the face of growing Read more…
April 4, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Faced with irrefutable evidence and the prospect of yet another public relations debacle, Amazon apologized on Friday to Rep. Mark Pocan for an “incorrect” tweet denying that its delivery drivers sometimes urinate in bottles while on the job Read more…
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 giant’s workers on Monday announced they are forming a union, a move that was applauded Read more…