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The Tech Oversight Project: No Announcement Could Ever Fix Meta’s Youth Safety Failures
As Instagram tries to spin away bad headlines with yet another hollow policy announcement, The Tech Oversight Project Director Sacha Haworth called out Instagram’s owner, Meta, for breaking promise after promise to protect kids and teens, while urging the House to act swiftly on the Kids Online Safety Act: “With the bipartisan Kids Online Safety […]
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MESSAGE GUIDANCE: As Adtech Antitrust Case is Underway, Google Is Desperate to Avoid Public Airing of its Predatory Business Model
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement and messaging guidance to media and allies as the Department of Justice (DOJ) began its public antitrust trial against Google’s ad business. The trial comes just weeks after Google was found guilty of holding an illegal monopoly in search – its second antitrust loss in […]
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Zuckerberg’s Extremist Letter to House GOP Shows Threat of Big Tech/MAGA’s 2024 Alliance
Meta CEO Pledges to Enable Trump’s Right-Wing War on Democracy WASHINGTON, DC – The Tech Oversight Project Executive Director Sacha Haworth slammed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his outrageous letter to Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan: “After months of calls with Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg’s groveling letter to the House Republican Judiciary Committee shows […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Issues Statement on Historic Ruling in Google Search Monopoly Case
Judge Mehta: “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after Judge Mehta issued an opinion finding that Google violated the Sherman Act and maintained an illegal monopoly in Search. “For over a decade, Google bent the […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Issues Statement on DOJ Calling for Sanctions Against Google for Deleting Evidence
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) called for sanctions against Google for deleting and concealing evidence in the landmark antitrust case against the tech giant’s ad tech business. “Tech monopolies like Google believe that the rules don’t apply to them. It doesn’t take […]
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TOP Report: Trump’s Project 2025 and RNC Platform A Major Gift to Big Tech, Disaster for American People
View the report here WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Tech Oversight Project released a scathing report on massive handouts to the tech lobby in Trump’s Project 2025 takeover plan and the Republican National Committee platform. The report details how Republican policies would be a disaster for the American people – raising prices for goods and services online, […]
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Senate’s Overwhelming Final KOSA Vote Represents Victory for Kids & Parents, Sharp Rebuke to Big Tech
After 91 Senators voted for final passage of bipartisan social media privacy and safety legislation that includes the Kids Online Safety Act, sending it to the House with overwhelming bipartisan support and dealing a sharp rebuke to Big Tech companies for failing to protect young Americans on their platforms, The Tech Oversight Project Executive Director […]