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The Making of the Tech Worker Movement

A long look at the mechanics of a movement.
tech-workers-protests
Sun, 12 Jul 2020 at 10:55
https://logicmag.io/the-making-of-the-tech-worker-movement/full-text/

VICE - Snowden: Tech Workers Are Complicit in How Their Companies Hurt Society

"People who make spreadsheets, people who make weather apps, people who just wanted to create family tree websites, all of them are being bought out, are being subverted, are being corrupted."
edward-snowden · ethics · tech-workers-protests
Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 00:13
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxqx8q/snowden-tech-workers-are-complicit-in-how-their-companies-hurt-society

What we learned from over a decade of tech activism | Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya and JS Tan

Our database of collective actions challenges the mainstream media narrative. Here are our eight key insights
tech-workers-protests
Mon, 23 Dec 2019 at 16:13
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/22/tech-worker-activism-2019-what-we-learned

People, Power and Technology: The Tech Workers' View | doteveryone

Government regulation is the preferred mechanism among tech workers to ensure the consequences of technology for people and society are taken into account. But almost half of people in tech (45%) believe their sector is currently regulated too little.
de-week · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 19:22
https://doteveryone.org.uk/report/workersview/

Facebook employees 'strongly object' to policy allowing false claims in political ads

A letter to Mark Zuckerberg says the exemption is “a threat to what FB stands for” and called for the same standards as other adverts
facebook · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 13:49
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/28/facebook-employees-strongly-object-to-policy-allowing-false-claims-in-political-ads

Facebook employees 'strongly object' to policy allowing false claims in political ads

A letter to Mark Zuckerberg says the exemption is “a threat to what FB stands for” and called for the same standards as other adverts
de-week · facebook · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 13:49
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/28/facebook-employees-strongly-object-to-policy-allowing-false-claims-in-political-ads

Read the Letter Facebook Employees Sent to Mark Zuckerberg About Political Ads - The New York Times

Hundreds of Facebook employees signed a letter decrying the decision to let politicians post any claims they wanted — even false ones — in ads on the site.
de-week · facebook · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 08:05
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-letter.html

Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech | WIRED

Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.
de-week · feminism · google · tech-workers-protests
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 02:01
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-google-three-years-misery-happiest-company-tech/

Many of the key Googler Uprising organizers have quit, citing retaliation from senior management

Many of the key Googler Uprising organizers have quit, citing retaliation from senior management
tech-workers-protests
Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 10:20
https://boingboing.net/2019/07/16/good-luck-meredith.html

An Open Petition to the San Francisco Pride Board of Directors

de-week · google · tech-workers-protests
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 20:13
https://medium.com/@BanGoogleFromPride/an-open-petition-to-the-san-francisco-pride-board-of-directors-f8164486c2e4

Google worker activists accuse company of retaliation at 'town hall'

The group published a new set of demands, which include an investigation and a public response from co-founder Larry Page
google · tech-workers-protests
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 at 04:27
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/26/google-worker-activists-accuse-company-of-retaliation-at-town-hall?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation | WIRED

Two Google employees who helped organize a November walkout of thousands of employees say they've either been demoted, or been told to drop concerns about ethics.
google · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 00:06
https://www.wired.com/story/google-walkout-organizers-say-theyre-facing-retaliation/

Google scraps AI ethics council after backlash: 'Back to the drawing board'

Decision comes after employees called for the removal of a rightwing thinktank leader from the council
artificial-intelligence · de-week · ethics · google · tech-workers-protests
Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 08:32
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/04/google-ai-ethics-council-backlash?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Google pledges to overhaul its sexual harassment policy after global protests | Technology | The Guardian

Company faced historic staff backlash following revelation it paid out $90m to an executive accused of sexual misconduct
feminism · google · harassment · tech-workers-protests
Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 01:29
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/08/google-sexual-harassment-policy-overhaul-walkout-protest

Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For? - The New York Times

de-week · tech-workers-protests
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 at 22:04
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/technology/tech-workers-ask-censorship-surveillance.html

Tech workers are downing tools and refusing to work on unethical projects

Tech workers are downing tools and refusing to work on unethical projects
de-week · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 07:35
https://boingboing.net/2018/10/08/oppenheimer-moments.html

Facial recognition technology: The need for public regulation and corporate responsibility - Microsoft on the Issues

All tools can be used for good or ill. Even a broom can be used to sweep the floor or hit someone over the head. The more powerful the tool, the greater the benefit or damage it can cause. The last few months have brought this into stark relief when it comes to computer-assisted facial...
de-week · face-recognition · microsoft · profiling · tech-workers-protests
Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 11:47
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/07/13/facial-recognition-technology-the-need-for-public-regulation-and-corporate-responsibility/

When should a tech company refuse to build tools for the government? | Technology | The Guardian

Silicon Valley workers are revolting against lucrative contracts with US immigration and defense agencies
tech-workers-protests
Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 09:10
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/26/tech-government-contracts-worker-revolt-microsoft-amazon-google

Trump era ramps up tech worker revolt | TheHill

Technology companies are facing a new crisis as their employees press executives to rethink their work with the Trump administration and in many cases drop lucrative federal contracts.
ethics · tech-workers-protests
Sun, 1 Jul 2018 at 09:38
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/394597-trump-era-ramps-up-tech-worker-revolt
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