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Employers Are Using Surveillance Tech to Spy on Remote Workers
We must ensure that the panÂdemÂic is not used as an excuse to worsÂen conÂdiÂtions for remote employÂees.
New Technologies Should Be Regulated by Government — Not by Those Who Profit
Efforts to revive Congress’s Office of Technology Assessment have been renewed to assess and control new technologies.
Schools Are Struggling to Avoid Worsening Inequity When They Reopen
One matter of dominant concern is how to re-engage with students who began working full-time after schools closed.
Post-COVID Economy May Have More Robots, Fewer Jobs and Intensified Surveillance
Millions who lost their jobs will not be reabsorbed into the labor force as technology takes over their former tasks.
Worker Surveillance Is on the Rise, and Has Its Roots in Centuries of Racism
High-tech corporate monitoring of workers today stems from the legacy of tracking enslaved workers in the 18th century.
Georgia’s History of Voter Suppression Shows Other States What Not to Do
Georgia was the first state to hand management of its elections over to a partisan, private company.
Elizabeth Warren and Activists Say Big Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up
Facebook and Google are having a negative impact on democracy, author Roger McNamee explains.
US-UK Deal Would Trample Global Privacy Safeguards
This unprecedented arrangement will seriously undermine privacy and other human rights.
How a Tech Firm Helped Power One of the Largest Workplace Raids in ICE History
The tech giant Palantir’s software played a role in an immigration raid that saw almost 700 people arrested in August.
The Digital Privacy of Young People on Probation Matters
Nearly 300,000 young people are placed on probation each year.