August 2, 2021 by Ethics in Tech board member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Despite promises to crack down on hate speech, social media companies took no action against over 80% of the anti-Jewish posts—which included incitements to violence against Jews and Holocaust denial—reported on their platforms during a recent six-week Read more…
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 inflammatory rhetoric. But kicking Trump off Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms sets a perilous precedent Read more…
November 30, 2020 by Ethics In Tech Board Member Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Silicon Valley tech giants Facebook and YouTube have allowed themselves to become complicit in Vietnamese government repression, including censorship, harassment, and more, according to a report published Monday evening by Amnesty International. The report, entitled Let Us Read more…
By Brett Wilkins Coronavirus misinformation is making me sick. Conspiracy theorists and armchair epidemiologists are running rampant on social media. This, despite tech companies’ best efforts to cure this cancer. If you’re familiar with the work of Ethics In Tech, you know that we are highly and incessantly critical of Read more…