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Alphabet is urging shareholders vote against our proposal urging whistleblower protections at the company. It's the same proposal we had last year, when they said they already had enough protections.
Then they fired Dr. Timnit Gebru & Margaret Mitchell.
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NEW:
@Microsoft
investors are calling on the company to:
–Stop ALL sales of facial recognition tech to ALL gov't agencies
–Ensure lobbyists live up to values in racial justice, human rights, and privacy
Learn more about shareholders’ demands:
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Trends suggest that
@Apple
is increasingly compliant with Chinese Government censorship.
Shareholders: vote FOR Proposal 6 for better
#TransparencyReports
with more info about app removals.
Isedua Oribhabor will deliver this message at Apple's Annual Meeting March 4th.
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🚨🚨🚨
Yesterday w/
@NCFImpact
&
@corpgovnet
we announced major demands for social media ad buyers.
Corporations *must* investigate if they're funding hate speech, voter suppression, etc. by running social media ads.
And if they are, they must stop.
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Google is facing a shareholder vote today on whistleblower protections.
It hasn't lived up to its promises. It's cracked down on dissent, alienating workers & damaging the company long-term.
Investors have a chance to reverse course.
📽️
@agdphd
w/
@AlphabetWorkers
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Google has had a banner year for retaliation against workers:
—The NLRB found they illegally fired workers in response to organizing.
—Google fired
@timnitGebru
after research critical of AI models.
—Google then fired
@mmitchell_ai
for speaking out about the above.
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This is the second year we've put this forward at Alphabet. Last year, the board said its internal policies were good enough.
Then Dr. Timnit Gebru & Meg Mitchell were fired for speaking up.
The existing protections aren't enough. Alphabet must do more.
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1/5: Taser-equipped drones in schools pose a significant risk to public safety AND to Axon’s reputation. That’s why
@openmicmedia
filed a shareholder proposal urging
@axon_us
to HALT
#TaserDrone
development
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
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Whistleblower protections help workers, they help investors, they help the long-term health of the company.
The only ones they don't help are managers keeping a tight lid on speech & dissent at Google.
Investors shouldn't listen to them. Vote these protections through.
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Joe Rogan and Spotify are in the spotlight, but they're not standout cases. Broadcasting misogyny and racism is incentivized by Big Tech's business model. More from
@BridgetMarie
in
@thenation
:
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$AAPL has reported that TWO shareholder proposals passed, & the others gained 30+ percent of the vote. 25%+ is often enough to spur policy changes, so this is really big.
Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to get these proposals out there!
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The “Venn diagram of AI concerns and privacy concerns is a circle.”
@signalapp
president
@mer__edith
on the intrusive surveillance behind hyped-up AI tools, and how it's tipping power imbalances in favor of tech companies.
✍️
@Cookie
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They're not only fighting against this one, they're also fighting a proposal on government censorship & another on nominating a board member with human/civil rights experience.
Alphabet isn't taking its social role seriously. These proposals represent basic & fundamental needs.
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Biden's Executive Order on Promoting Competition could give the FCC more power to enforce regulations on huge ISPs. “The FCC needs to reverse the damage done by the Trump administration..." acc. to Matt Wood of
@freepress
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Breaking ‼️ 70% of independent shareholders vote for
#ThomsonReuters
to be held accountable for human rights abuses associated with its ICE contract.
Congrats to
@emmacaroline_
@bcgeu
@ConMijente
Take note,
@Microsoft
@amazon
and other companies enabling ICE - you're next.
BREAKING: The majority of
#ThomsonReuters
independent shareholders vote FOR
@bcgeu
's proposal to have the company assess and report on the potential human rights abuses of its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
@chrisismills
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“Companies benefit from knowing when sexual harassment, discrimination & unlawful behavior are happening in the workplace, which is why employees should be encouraged to speak out about such conduct." -Michael Connor of
@openmicmedia
Article by
@levisu
:
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"Without robust protections against retaliation, the next worker who sees something wrong won't be able to safely speak up. All of us at Alphabet must have the right to speak up about workplace concerns. It makes the company stronger & the board should act to protect that right."
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Organizers at
@ColorOfChange
and Senators led by
@CoryBooker
have previously called on Alphabet (owner of Google + YouTube) to commission a racial equity audit to determine the impact of its products on BIPOC communities.
Now, shareholders join them.
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@NaomiNixWrites
on how she heard the n-word in the metaverse, how it felt like real life & how our proposal demands Facebook audit these harms.
FB can't even monitor the content it currently hosts. They must prove they can do so for an entire "metaverse."
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The same proposal was before the board last year, but Google said it already had robust protections.
Then all of the above happened. Its Ethical AI team has been gutted & its reputation among researchers tanked. Employees feel alienated. The status quo isn't working.
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No Safety With Surveillance shows how companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon wrote the data-exploitation playbook. Now Big Tech = Big Data, and the growing industry fuels racism, police & ICE violence.
#NoSafetyWithSurveillance
WATCH: 📽️
🧵2/6
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"You have to dream of a society that isn't defined by surveillance, and you have to dream of a society that thinks it's possible to stop it — because it is. It is possible to stop it." -
@alvarombedoya
📽️:
#NoSafetyWithSurveillance
🧵6/6
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"No other industry can get away with ignoring their own safety problems the way tech companies can."
✍️ Op-ed by
@YaelEisenstat
of
@ADL
makes the case for laws that incentivize tech companies to prioritize user protection.
#ResponsibleTech
#DigitalHate
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We did it!
Microsoft's work with NYPD, ICE & DOD raises serious concerns for workers, investors & our communities.
Thanks to investor pressure incl from
@IASJ_org
, Microsoft has committed to a 3rd party evaluation of whether it lives up to the human rights values it espouses.
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Last year
@Apple
told concerned shareholders that it doesn't use concealment clauses. An employee filed a complaint with the SEC saying Apple lied, and federal regulators are taking the accusation seriously.
More from
@viaCristiano
:
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While ending sales of facial recognition to police, Microsoft says nothing about selling this racist tech to other agencies like ICE, or to foreign governments.
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Shareholders
@Microsoft
have an opportunity to hold the company accountable.
At the Nov 30 shareholder meeting, vote YES on proposals to:
1. Stop sales of facial rec tech to ALL govt agencies
2. Ensure lobbyists aren’t enabling police surveillance
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Microsoft is even spending part of its $9.5M annual lobbying budget to fight a ban on racist facial recognition, in direct contradiction to the values they've publicly promoted.
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Provocative piece by
@justinhendrix
: "it’s time to think about radical solutions. Here’s one: Governments should place levies on social media company profits to pay for measures that will address the externalities they produce."
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"Despite what critics like Musk seem to think, content moderation is far from a partisan tool of the woke mob."
Op-ed by
@ubiquity75
shows just how little "Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator"
@elonmusk
understands about social media moderation.
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From facial recognition, to Ring, to hosting databases for ICE, Amazon's surveillance tech is threatening human rights.
Today, investors can tell Amazon to ensure its customers can't use its tech to violate human rights.
#AmazonAGM
📽️ via
@FoxCahn
at
@STOPSpyingNY
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@kairyssdal
And yet he has essentially tipped the market that he expects good news or otherwise he wouldn’t be tweeting and putting out a press release.
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Big Tech, beware. The FTC will understand your businesses.🕵️♀️👀
A new team of experts, led by
@stephtngu
, will be working alongside
@FTC
attorneys in the
#OfficeofTechnology
to decode jargon and drive probes to the heart of Silicon Valley business models.
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Along with
@TrilliumAM
, we're asking shareholders to tell Google: stop retaliating against employees who speak up about racism, misogyny, and unethical AI projects at the company.
All shareholders can vote on a whistleblower protection resolution at this year's annual meeting:
Alphabet shareholder pushes Google for better whistleblower protections
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We expect an audit to cover topics like:
–
@nytimes
reporting that YouTube was “successfully weaponized by racists...to undermine Black Lives Matter.”
–research that Google’s face detection technology is racist
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New
@USGAO
report shows that six federal agencies already use
#facialrecognition
to generate leads in criminal investigations. Four of them used
#ClearviewAI
, the company at the center of a number of lawsuits calling out racial bias in its technology.
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Amazon's technologies are used to commit human rights abuses – but the company could be part of the solution, not the problem.
@amazon
investors: vote YES ✅ on Item 7 for a Human Rights Due Diligence report in the 2023 AGM.
#KnowYourCustomer
⬇️
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@OpenMICMedia
,
@TriStateCri
,
@CSJBrentwood
, and other
@ICCRonline
shareholders call for
@Amazon
to halt sales of its racially biased facial scanning software, Rekognition.
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Investor brief details how privately-held Palantir has played 'a mission critical role' in enabling ICE to carry out its activities and is failing to fulfill the company's human rights responsibilities.
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Lawmakers love talking to
@OpenAI
CEO Sam Altman, who's been lobbying for months for AI regulation and helping wonks understand AI risks.
But despite his candor Altman is still a stakeholder, and has a vested interest in influencing AI regulation.
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Privacy & digital rights advocates like
@jovialjoy
,
@fightfortheftr
&
@EPICprivacy
chalked up a victory last month when the IRS pledged to stop using
#facialrecognition
. 🥇
A new article by
@rachelmetz
explores the work that made the win possible.
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2/5: AI-based security has NOT proven reliable in public settings, often mistaking laptops for guns or coughing for “aggressive behavior.” With Tasers involved, routine automated errors could result in serious physical harm.
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
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With
#roevwade
overturned, we're calling on tech companies to deliver a plan to protect their users' information from regressive anti-abortion laws.
Read the full statement from
@NYMichaelConnor
, Executive Director of
@openmicmedia
:
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Shareholders are pressuring Meta to make meaningful policy changes in this year’s annual meeting on May 25.
Proposals on the ballot implicate the metaverse project and concealment clauses, as well as civil rights impacts, lobbying and misinformation.
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Big Tech has pulled another high-level Senate staffer onto its team. Judd Smith, who "was instrumental in drafting legislation to rein in tech giants," will now work as a lobbyist for Amazon Web Services.
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Thanks to grassroots organizing, Amazon extended its moratorium on facial recognition sales to police.
Today, shareholders can vote on a proposal to tell Amazon that its Rekognition product threatens civil and human rights. Period.
It's time for a permanent ban.
#AmazonAGM
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“This cannot be viewed as a neutral business relationship. Big Tech is providing core infrastructure for racist and harmful border regimes” -
@mer__edith
New: Google's AI tech will be used for virtual border wall built by Anduril Industries
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"The retaliation we've seen against our colleagues is unacceptable... Alphabet needs strong, rigorous whistleblower protections." —
@raxsha
of
@AlphabetWorkers
speaking now alongside investors, organizers and tech workers at our press briefing
Tune in:
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3/5: Axon's own AI Ethics Board resigned in protest over the idea of Taser drones in schools. In response, the company announced it would pause the project – but CEO
@AxonRick
says it’s back in development.
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
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4/5: The rollout of Axon’s Taser drone project shows a tremendous failure of self-governance, exposing Axon to reputational damage. As shareholders, we call on
@Axon_us
to discontinue these dangerous plans immediately.
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
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Toggle 'Share iPhone Analytics' on and off all you like...Research from
@mysk_co
finds Apple is still collecting your data.
Furthermore, 12 class-action lawsuits have been filed against the company claiming they still harvest data after users opt out.
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Complicity is
@Facebook
allowing advertisers to discriminate based on race and allowing politicians to incite anti-Black violence and spread election misinformation in attempts to suppress Black votes.
#BigTechOnBlast
Q8: This administration has unleashed years of racist anti-immigrant violence. We know online hate leads directly to racist policies & violence offline. How are these companies complicit in anti-immigrant violence, esp targeting Latinx, Black & Muslim communities?
#BigTechOnBlast
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"Techno-racism describes a phenomenon in which the racism experienced by people of color is encoded in the technical systems used in our everyday lives." -
@mutalenkonde
of
@AIforPeople
One way to fight the trend is by hiring more people of color in tech:
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Over 650 Alphabet employees urged the company to protect the rights of those seeking abortions.
@AlphabetWorkers
demanded that the company:
1) Stop collecting data on users seeking abortion info
2) Remove misleading ads for "crisis pregnancy centers"
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As white supremacist violence rages on, we're calling on Sergey Brin, Larry Page &
@ericschmidt
to do the right thing:
On June 1, they can vote for a racial equity audit analyzing Google's adverse impacts on BIPOC communities
We demand they use their power to
#AuditGoogle
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FTC Settlement Echoes Facebook Shareholder Concerns.
Shareholders will continue to push Facebook not only to ensure that its board is equipped to confront privacy challenges, but also to address leadership failures which have enabled such challenges.
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Apple's lip service on civil rights has run its course.
54% of shareholders voted for an independent audit of the company's actual civil rights impact, beyond PR statements.
Orgs like
@ColorOfChange
,
@SOCInvGrp
&
@SEIU
will hold Apple to account.
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Alphabet has its annual shareholder meeting today.
We've helped bring a proposal to the board asking it to disclose the gov. censorship requests it gets, numbering into tens of thousands annually.
We need to know more about these requests.
📽️
@Isedua
w/
@accessnow
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Google sacked
@timnitGebru
after her research revealed AI's inherent biases: namely since AI is based on large amounts of web text, it worsens power imbalances.
She went on to start
@DAIRInstitute
and now works to mitigate AI harms.
✍️
@johnharris1969
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We asked Apple to change their employment contract to protect workers who speak out about their working conditions.
Apple refused.
So we teamed up w
@IfeomaOzoma
@WhistleStopCptl
@NiaInvest
to file a shareholder resolution asking Apple to reevaluate:
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.
@agdphd
of
@AlphabetWorkers
now presenting at Alphabet's annual meeting: shareholders call for an independent review of the company's internal
#whistleblower
policies.
#AlphabetAGM
#GoogleAGM
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@ericschmidt
Why shareholders should vote to
#AuditGoogle
:
📺YouTube promotes white supremacist ideology & anti-Muslim propaganda
👁️Google’s facial recognition tech has racial, ethnic, and gender bias
❌Google has retaliated against employees who point out discrimination in the workplace
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Check out Open MIC's new report on how tech companies can do more to combat
#FakeNews
&
#HateSpeech
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Following Pressure From Shareholders,
#Facebook
Board Adopts New Focus on ‘
#Privacy
and Data Use’, ‘Community Safety’ and
#Cybersecurity
#Risks
.
#sustainablefinance
#esg
#iccr
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As the year comes to a close, it's important to recognize the important work of AI researchers striving not only to build AI systems, but to keep us safe from potential harms.
This
@WomeninAIEthics
list shows how complex and varied that work can be:
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5/6 In Arizona this week
@Axon_us
is hosting their biggest event of the year,
#AxonAccelerate
, where they pitch themselves as a public safety corporation. There’s nothing safe about putting taser drones into our schools.
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
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We've put forward proposals at the board 2 years in a row asking Alphabet to do more to protect whistleblowers.
Since our last one, they've fired Dr. Gebru & Meg Mitchell, & now the Ethical AI team is in disarray.
Investors must take this seriously.
Scoop w/
@NicoAGrant
&
@dinabass
: Google AI research manager Samy Bengio has resigned from his position, following the ousting of Ethical AI leaders
@timnitGebru
and
@mmitchell_ai
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Amazon still has not responded to questions about how it will handle law enforcement requests for abortion-related data, yet it's about to buy One Medical and dramatically expand the medical data it manages.
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Several US senators suspect that Twitter is in violation of FTC rules.
@SenWarren
,
@EdMarkey
,
@RonWyden
&
@maziehirono
sent a letter to Elon Musk and incoming CEO Linda Yaccarino. So far the only response they've gotten from Twitter is "💩"
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We are
#hiring
!
@openmicmedia
is seeking an Advocacy Director to lead the organization’s work on key policy issues and campaigns in the tech and media sectors.
Please share with anyone who might be a good fit:
#nonprofitjobs
#nonprofitcareers
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Congress: don't use the January 6th attack as an excuse to expand surveillance and create a dangerous new crime of domestic terrorism.
We joined
@CenDemTech
in pushing for a measured, thoughtful response that doesn't further encroach on human rights.
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"We're asking Facebook, Twitter and Google to nominate a board candidate with a high level of civil and human rights expertise. Addressing the garbage at the end of the pipe is no longer a viable approach."
-
@nllamb
of
@ArjunaCapital
at our briefing now:
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Yesterday
@amazonnews
announced a moratorium on sales of
#facialrecognition
tech to police, but Amazon still parters w/ police for RING & sells Rekognition to ICE.
@NYMichaelConnor
recently presented a
@Harrington_Inv
resolution that won 40% of the independent shareholder vote.
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Complicity is selling
#Rekognition
to ICE. It’s when
#Ring
shares private surveillance footage with thousands of police departments. It’s when customers of the Neighbors app spew hate speech, and
@Amazon
profits from all of it.
#BigTechOnBlast
Q8: This administration has unleashed years of racist anti-immigrant violence. We know online hate leads directly to racist policies & violence offline. How are these companies complicit in anti-immigrant violence, esp targeting Latinx, Black & Muslim communities?
#BigTechOnBlast
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.
@alvarombedoya
, thank you for joining us this windy Election Day morning to discuss big data, surveillance & civil rights. Mini doc on
#SurveillanceCapitalism
in the works!
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A letter prepared by
@athenaforall
& signed by 48 advocacy orgs including
@openmicmedia
was delivered to the
@FTC
yesterday.
The message: ban corporate facial surveillance technology and ban continuous corporate surveillance of public spaces.
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Are global telecom companies getting a pass on human rights? Join a panel discussion hosted by
@rankingrights
w/ speakers
@jessdheere
,
@pielemeier
,
@laokkonen
&
@socialhack
.
THIS WEDNESDAY 12/7 followed by a Twitter Q&A:
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Amazon said they stand for racial justice. "If they're going to do that they need to permanently divest from selling facial recognition technology and cease involvement with police and law enforcement.” -
@ACLU_WA
's Jennifer Lee
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@ericschmidt
Join
@accessnow
@accountabletech
@ACREcampaigns
@afsc_org
@AlphabetWorkers
@ColorOfChange
@DigitalDemoc
@freepress
@fightfortheftr
@heartlandorg
@mediajustice
@openmicmedia
@rankingrights
to demand:
Brin, Page & Schmidt must vote to
#AuditGoogle
for impacts on BIPOC communities
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Hey,
@AjitPaiFCC
- the economy thrives on an open Internet. Listen up!
Over 150,000 love letters for the open internet -- headed straight for
@AjitPaiFCC
's desk.
#WeLoveNN
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Facing pressure from investors,
@Apple
has committed to improving transparency around removal of apps from its App Store. 👏 👏 👏
We commend Apple for making the right decision, and we applaud the hard work of investor advocates that made this possible!
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BREAKING:
@mediajustice
and
@ACLU
just sued the FBI to expose the ongoing surveillance of Black activists. Read more here: And sign the petition demanding that the FBI stop targeting Black people today:
#ProtectBlackDissent
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At long last,
@alvarombedoya
has been confirmed to the Federal Trade Commission!
Bedoya has consistently advocated for just policies on privacy and surveillance tech. His confirmation makes a democratic majority in the
@FTC
.
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78 Organizations Urge
@Facebook
's Largest Shareholders to Hold the Company Accountable
@ICCRonline
@US_SIF
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6/6: We urge all
@Axon_us
shareholders to join us in voting YES ✅ on the proposal to halt taser drone development.
Tell Axon it’s time to discontinue the development of remotely-operated Taser drone systems.
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
0
4
9
Bezos mostly played dumb when talking to Congress, but he let a few troubling tidbits slip on how
@amazon
deals with competition.
#antitrust
#amazonantitrust
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4
8
“You are never anonymous. Whether you’re attending a protest, walking to a particular neighbourhood, or even just grocery shopping...”
@DocMattMoudi
@amnesty
report shows that NYC has 15,000+ cameras capable of connecting to facial recognition software.
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3
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We're proud to announce that our short documentary
#NoSafetyWithSurveillance
, featuring
@BrandingBrandi
,
@alvarombedoya
&
@gallagher_mb
, will be screening at this year's
@MCHRFilmFest
in Atlanta. We hope to see you there!
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1/3 This week
@axon_us
shareholders can vote to stop the development of AI-powered Taser drones. People are not comic book characters, and Taser drones have no place in our schools.
#AxonEthics
#NoTaserDrones
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6
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Investigation by
@ConMijente
shows that Thomson Reuters helps
#ICE
sidestep federal law to track & deport immigrants. We stand with shareholders demanding to know how
@thomsonreuters
services contribute to human rights abuses.
#nodataforice
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Startups like OpenAI are releasing AI products to the public without fully assessing potential harms. Big Tech wants to join the party, but companies like
@Google
&
@Meta
need to remember they have a larger scope of responsibility.
We need
#ethicalAI
.
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DHS is partnering with private companies to implement
#airportfacescans
. What do those agreements say? No one knows, because they aren't public.
0
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New video series by
@netacollabllc
&
@openmicmedia
: Holding Big Tech Accountable kicks off with comments on
#WhistleblowerRetaliation
at Amazon and Alphabet
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Biased and faulty face recognition is still required to access tax accounts, even after the IRS promised to stop using it.
Join
@AJLUnited
in combating coerced consent
#NoCaseNoFace
The government is still using IDme to access tax accounts after promising to stop after many complaints. Read
@jovialjoy
's open letter:
@AJLUnited
needs your help to demand better access. 🆘
📨Share your story!
#NoCaseNoFace
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Why shareholders are still pushing Google to assess the human rights implications of any potential search product in China.
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ICT firms score high ESG ratings despite their terrible social and governance track records.
Why? They often have low carbon footprints and high returns.
Along with
@accessnow
and
@heartlandorg
we urge the SEC to mandate transparency in ESG ratings.
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Big Tech corporations function as virtual monopolies, and they're increasingly abusing workers, bullying regulators, and antagonizing customers. Help
@accountabletech
,
@athenaforall
& other advocates rein in Big Tech's monopoly power & societal harms:
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