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Continuing Rightward Shift, Zuckerberg Cancels All Diversity Programs at Meta
The move is the latest of the Meta CEO's seeming efforts to cozy up to Donald Trump and reactionary forces.
Meta’s Allowance of Hate Speech Is Another Side Effect of Big Tech Monopoly
Activists say debates over content moderation devolve into partisan food fights instead of challenging tech titans.
Big Tech Backs Trump to Cut Taxes, Deregulate Crypto and Replace Workers With AI
Tech investor Roger McNamee explains why Silicon Valley is responding differently to Trump's second election.
Federal Trade Commission Launches Investigation Into Microsoft’s Practices
The FTC investigation of Microsoft is far from the company’s first brush with federal regulators over antitrust issues.
Billionaires Who Aim to “Disrupt” Education May Get a Chance Even If Trump Loses
One of Harris’s biggest donors and closest confidants is a billionaire for whom education “disruption” is a core cause.
Report: Electric Vehicles Dependent on Exploitation of Miners in the Congo
Big Tech companies dodge accountability for buying battery components sourced from mines relying on forced child labor.
School Surveillance Earns Tech Companies Billions. Students Pay the Price.
Tech firms have outfitted classrooms with data-gathering surveillance technologies that undermine education and privacy.
Israeli Government Is Buying Attack Ads Under Google Searches for “UNRWA”
Users searching for “UNRWA” or “UNRWA USA” have been served a link to Israel’s government website vilifying the agency.
US Tech Giants Are Storing Data for Israeli Military as It Destroys Gaza
A new investigation reveals what some call US companies’ “direct participation and collaboration” in genocide.
Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services
Finance, technology and social media companies often position themselves as solutions to problems they helped create.