November 26, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Tech ethicists on Friday applauded after all 193 member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization adopted the first global framework agreement on the ethics of artificial intelligence, which acknowledges that “AI technologies can be of Read more…
October 28, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Tech ethicists and branding professionals on Thursday said consumers should not be hoodwinked by Facebook’s name change, which numerous observers compared to earlier efforts by tobacco and fossil fuel companies to distract attention from their societal harms. Read more…
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 power of tech titans Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust Read more…
Ethics In Tech founder Vahid Razavi isn’t alone during the coronavirus pandemic. No, our intrepid leader has plenty of company—and commotion—as he has adopted Furball, a formerly unhoused cat who has provided the inspiration for our next community and comedy night’s theme. Yes, we’re letting all the cats out of Read more…
August 1, 2020 By Brett Wilkins At Wednesday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust hearing, tech CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Tim Cook of Apple and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet (Google’s parent company) took a beating from lawmakers who grilled them on everything from monopolistic business practices Read more…
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 of mass destruction and the surveillance state. As concerned citizens and working professionals we need Read more…
By Brett Wilkins You don’t need to tell Ethics in Tech that war is hell. Some of the earliest childhood memories of our founder, Vahid Razavi — who was born in Iran — involve being under attack during the Iran-Iraq War. That 8-year war of attrition, which killed at least a million Read more…
Ethics In Tech recently held the last in a series of three summer community and comedy nights. The July 24 event, called “We Are All Ears,” was hosted by EIT founder Vahid Razavi at the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco. In addition to releasing the Read more…
Last month, the board members of Ethics In Tech approved a new mission statement, which we unveiled at our recent event, “We Are All Ears: Ethics In Tech Community & Comedy Night III.” Drawing from our board’s diversity, commitment to social, economic and environmental justice and experience in the tech Read more…
On July 24, Ethics In Tech will follow up two successful community and comedy events with something a little bit different. Instead of a speeches and stand-up format, we’ll be hosting a panel of experts and engaging with you, our audience, to help us become an effective nonprofit organization that Read more…