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ICYMI: OpenAI, Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz-Funded Dark Money Network Pushed Deceptive, Unethical Influencer Ad Campaign
“This flailing around belies Big Tech’s desperation as its CEOs sense the tide of public opinion shifting against them.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project slammed the OpenAI, Palantir, and Andreessen Horowitz-funded dark money network for laundering its pro-industry talking points through undisclosed influencer ads on TikTok and Instagram. In a bombshell piece […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Applauds Unanimous Passage of Groundbreaking Chatbot Protections by Key Senate Committee
Judiciary Committee Sends GUARD Act to Senate Floor with Resounding Vote The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee for its unanimous passage of S.3062, the GUARD Act, which would address urgent harms created by unregulated AI by stopping Big Tech’s targeting of kids and teens with predatory companion chatbots. “We applaud Senators […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Endorses the GUARD Act
TOP joins the coalition of over 60+ children’s safety, survivor-led, civil society, and tech watchdog organizations supporting the bill WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, ahead of a key markup in the Senate Judiciary Committee, The Tech Oversight Project endorsed S.3062, the GUARD Act. The bill, led by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Katie Britt (R-AL), […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls Out Big Tech’s $100M AI Preemption Campaign
Coalition of parents, children’s safety, environmental, AI safety, and watchdog groups call on members to disavow AI super PAC support WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project called out Big Tech’s toxic money as new Federal Election Commission filings became public. The findings show that a small group of billionaire Big Tech executives […]
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COALITION LETTER: Disavow Support from Trump-Backed AI Super PACs
Watchdogs, Children’s Online Safety Groups call out Leading the Future’s Trump connections and dangers to children and teens onlineWashington, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project, alongside 13 children’s online safety, disability rights, tech watchdog, and AI safety organizations, is urging Democratic Members of Congress, including Rep. Clarke, Gottheimer, Gomez, Liccardo, and Subramanyam, to disavow the […]
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SHOT/CHASER: Meta Allows Scamsters Defrauding Seniors and Vets, Silences Whistleblowers and Social Media Victims
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project is playing shot/chaser – Meta hypocrisy edition. The Zuckerberg-led Big Tech giant, which has a lengthy history of silencing whistleblowers and is actively litigating to keep whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams under a gag order, is now trying to block social media victims from accessing legal resources that would hold Meta […]
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TOP REPORT: YouTube: Addiction Inc.
Findings show YouTube suppressed internal warnings, manipulated advocacy organizations, killed safety features, and auto-deleted internal communications Download the report here WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of a landmark verdict finding YouTube negligent for its addictive and predatory social media products, The Tech Oversight Project today released the following report, entitled “YouTube: Addiction Inc.” The […]