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Meta Broke the Law by Firing Whistleblowers with Evidence of COPPA Violations
Bombshell Letter from Grassley Surfaces Two Whistleblower Firings in Recent Weeks WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project slammed Meta for likely violating federal whistleblower laws by firing two employees, Joshua DeFriez and William Sevedge, who anonymously brought forward evidence of the company breaking the law and violating children and teens’ privacy. The details […]
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ICYMI: Meta Loves Lawfare, Suppressing Free Speech
Meta CTO: “We fine and fire leakers all the time. We tend not to sue those people, but I’d like to…” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project spotlighted unhinged remarks from Meta’s longtime Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Bosworth, promising lawsuits for any employee caught leaking information or whistleblowing. Despite Mark Zuckerberg and the […]
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FLOOR ALERT: VOTE NO – H.R. 7757, the “KIDS Act”
HOLLOW BILL IMPEDES REAL PROTECTIONS FOR KIDS, CREATES PREEMPTION BACKDOOR OPPOSED BY 100 BIPARTISAN KIDS ONLINE SAFETY CHAMPIONS American Federation of Teachers (AFT) – U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – NAACP – Design It For Us – Common Sense Media – Consumer Federation of America – Demand Progress – Public Citizen – Mothers Against Media […]
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ICYMI: WSJ: Meta Tried to Silence Her. Now She’s Suing.
Filing documents over a year of harassment by Meta lawyers, including photographing her without her knowledge and tracking her around the country WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project spotlighted reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Sarah Wynn-Williams’s bombshell lawsuit against Meta alleging a year of harassment, stalking, and privacy violations in the […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Launches Public AI Super PAC Research Book, Ad Library to Educate Voters on Big Tech Influence at Ballot Box
The tools track 17 Big Tech-funded super PACs that have spent over $65 million influencing federal and state elections across the country Findings show leading AI super PAC spending 2-to-1 against Democrats at federal level WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project launched first-of-its-kind public-access tools to document the out-of-control influence from AI super […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls on Gov. Hochul to Sign New York’s Nation-Leading Youth Chatbot Safety Bill
The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the New York State Legislature’s unanimous final passage of the nation-leading youth chatbot safety bill (S.9051/A.10379), sponsored by State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymember Alex Bores and developed in cooperation with Attorney General Letitia James. “In a year when Big Tech killed or gutted chatbot safety bills in state […]
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TOP-PPP POLL: Obernolte and Trahan’s Constituents Oppose Their Efforts to Weaken AI Laws
Results showed a wide majority of Obernolte and Trahan’s respective constituents oppose efforts to weaken AI catastrophic risk protection and water down chatbot safety laws View the CA-23 results here View the MA-3 results here WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project released surveys from Republican Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (CA-23) and Democratic Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s […]
