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New Survey: Overwhelming Majority of Wisconsin Voters Want Politicians to Do More to Take on Big Tech
Wisconsinites Highly Critical of Tech CEOs & A.I. Data Center Tax Breaks MADISON – A new PPP/Tech Oversight Project survey of Wisconsin voters shows near-universal support for lawmakers taking action to tackle Big Tech abuses, and bipartisan agreement that Big Tech companies have too much political power. Wisconsinites also strongly oppose giving Big Tech further […]
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New Survey: Overwhelming Majority of Pennsylvania Voters Want Politicians to Do More to Take on Big Tech
Pennsylvanians Highly Critical of Tech CEOs, Support A.I. Data Center Accountability HARRISBURG – A new PPP/Tech Oversight Project survey of Pennsylvania voters shows near-universal support for lawmakers taking action to tackle Big Tech abuses, and bipartisan agreement that Big Tech companies have too much political power. Pennsylvanians also strongly support holding Big Tech accountable for […]
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New Survey: Overwhelming Majority of Minnesota Voters Want Politicians to Do More to Take on Big Tech
Minnesotans Highly Critical of Tech CEOs, Support A.I. Data Center Accountability ST. PAUL – A new PPP/Tech Oversight Project survey of Minnesota voters shows near-universal support for lawmakers taking action to tackle Big Tech abuses, and bipartisan agreement that Big Tech companies have too much political power. Minnesotans also strongly support holding Big Tech accountable […]
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New Survey: Overwhelming Majority of Michigan Voters Want Politicians to Do More to Take on Big Tech
Michiganders Highly Critical of Tech CEOs, Believe They Have Too Much Political Power LANSING – A new PPP/Tech Oversight Project survey of Michigan voters shows near-universal support for lawmakers taking action to tackle Big Tech abuses, and bipartisan agreement that Big Tech companies have too much political power. “An overwhelming majority of Michiganders – on […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls Out Big Tech Giveaways in Cruz AI Bill
Sweetheart deal could endanger KOSA and COPPA by allowing Big Tech CEOs to ask Trump Administration for waivers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project calls out the Big Tech giveaways in Senator Ted Cruz’s AI SANDBOX bill, which would give unprecedented authority for the Trump Administration to trade away protections for children and seniors […]
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TOP Report: A History of Meta and Facebook Whistleblowers
As Congress prepares to question a new set of whistleblowers at Meta (formerly Facebook), The Tech Oversight Project has provided a brief history of former employees who have come forward and exposed the Mark Zuckerberg-led company’s dishonesty, culture of lawbreaking, and reckless endangerment of children online. Sophie Zhang, 2021 Findings showed: Facebook failed to stop […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Statement on Meta Burying Child Safety Research
Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after new reporting from the Washington Post proved that Meta has been suppressing damning child safety research on the Metaverse for years – raising fresh questions about their platforms’ practices and Meta’s culture of lawbreaking. Meta systematically concealed data by having lawyers instruct researchers to run […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Statement on Google Search Remedy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project’s Executive Director, Sacha Haworth, issued the following statement about Judge Amit Mehta’s misguided remedy in the Google Search trial. “While Judge Amit Mehta’s decision blocks some of Google’s predatory practices, it fails to meet this historic moment and shows that his decision was made based on speculative […]
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Altman Ignored Warnings, Acted Only After Youth Suicide Publicly Reported
“Sam Altman has repeatedly refused to act on safety concerns raised by his own employees, but is now jumping to make basic fixes he could have made at any time only when the tragic death of a child, which he already knew about, was publicly reported. Sadly we know all too well that so-called safety […]
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Bloomberg: Meta & Google Lobbyists Fight to Pass the Buck on Kids Online Safety
Age Verification Battle Splinters Industry Groups, Prompts Covert Advocacy Group Funding “Meta, Google, and other Big Tech companies are playing a shameless cross-country blame game with warring age verification proposals as they try to pass the buck to one another while actively opposing broad bipartisan efforts to protect kids online. Although it may be refreshing […]
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ROUNDUP: Plot to Thwart State A.I. Laws Draws Condemnation From All Corners
The addition of a ten-year moratorium on state laws regulating A.I. to the budget reconciliation bill passed by the House Energy & Commerce Committee last week and the House Budget Committee late last night has drawn swift condemnation from a broad range of voices: “Late last night, while America was sleeping, House Republicans advanced a […]
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ICYMI: DOJ Antitrust Funding Hangs in the Balance
Last week, House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee voted out drastic cuts to Antitrust Division WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Tech Oversight Project called out the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations for advancing a lackluster funding bill with wholly inadequate funding for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. The bill places a cap […]
