Hundreds of creators plead with Instagram to stop hiding political content
Now a letter – signed by more than 200 creators, and launched by LGBTQ organisation GLAAD and activists Accountable Tech – has urged Meta to reverse that change. Users should have to opt into the ban...
View ArticleCreators to Meta: Adjust your political content policy!
In turn, more than 200 creators signed onto a letter — organized by Accountable Tech, a nonprofit big tech reform advocacy organization, and GLAAD, a nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy organization — sent to...
View ArticleBattle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills
Carl Szabo, vice-president and general counsel of the tech trade association NetChoice, spoke against the Maryland bill at a state senate finance committee meeting in mid-2023 as a “lifelong Maryland...
View ArticleInstagram’s shift away from political content raises questions about what...
GLAAD, an LGBTQ advocacy group that organized the open letter from creators alongside Accountable Tech, called the decision to include social topics as part of political content an “appalling move.”...
View ArticleMeta’s New Default Limits on “Political Content” Weaken Free Expression Online
In response, on behalf of 200+ creators, Accountable Tech and GLAAD sent an open letter to Meta speaking out against the changes, which have several implications for free expression, especially during...
View ArticleAccountable Tech Statement on the Biden Administration’s New HIPAA Rule to...
Accountable Tech Executive Director and Co-Founder Nicole Gill issued the following statement in response to a new rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The post Accountable Tech...
View ArticleState Bills Copy California Youth Online Privacy Law: Explained
Leading the charge is 5Rights U.S., which was instrumental in shaping California Age Appropriate Design Code. 5Rights is a member of the Kids Code Coalition, which includes tech critics and...
View ArticleAccountable Tech Statement on Governor Moore Signing Maryland Kids Code Into Law
Accountable Tech Executive Director and Co-Founder Nicole Gill issued the following statement on Governor Wes Moore signing the Maryland Kids Code into law today. The post Accountable Tech Statement on...
View ArticleNew Mexico’s Top Prosecutor Blames Meta for Online Predators
Attorney General of New Mexico Raúl Torrez speaks during a rally organized by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us to hold tech and social media companies accountable for taking steps to protect kids...
View ArticleMaryland Kids Code Signed Into Law, But May Face Legal Challenges
At a Wednesday press briefing hosted by the Maryland Kids Code Coalition, which includes groups like Fairplay, 5Rights Foundation, and Accountable Tech, some of the bill’s sponsors criticized the tech...
View ArticleVoters Want Social Media Companies to Protect Minors From Harmful Online Content
New polling from Data for Progress and Accountable Tech examined voters’ attitudes toward requiring platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to ensure minors are protected from harmful online...
View ArticleAccountable Tech Statement on the Passage of Vermont Kids Code
Accountable Tech Executive Director and Co-Founder Nicole Gill issued the following statement on the passage of the Vermont Kids Code. The post Accountable Tech Statement on the Passage of Vermont Kids...
View ArticleAccountable Tech Statement on Senator Schumer’s AI Roadmap
Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement on Senator Schumer’s AI roadmap. The post Accountable Tech Statement on Senator Schumer’s AI Roadmap...
View Article‘I feel betrayed’: Schumer’s much-awaited AI road map gets panned by watchdogs
Other groups, including the AI Now Institute, Accountable Tech, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, have also criticized the road map’s lack of attention to AI harms. The post ‘I...
View ArticleWhy Congress’s AI Plan Was Doomed From the Start
The AI roadmap is “but another proof point of Big Tech’s profound and pervasive power to shape the policymaking process,” as Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gillput it...
View ArticleUS Senate AI Report Meets Mostly Disappointment, Condemnation
Nicole Gill, Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director: "The AI roadmap released today by Sen. Schumer is but another proof point of Big Tech’s profound and pervasive power to shape the...
View ArticleAdvocates warn Schumer’s AI ‘roadmap’ doesn’t go far enough
Accountable Tech co-founder and executive director Nicole Gill said the report is “but another proof point of Big Tech’s profound and pervasive power to shape the policymaking process” and called the...
View ArticleBig Tech could give this 19th-century antiabortion law an Orwellian facelift
As you read this, Big Tech’s surveillance practices are already putting abortion seekers at risk. Tech companies have built multibillion-dollar empires by collecting, storing, and selling as much user...
View ArticleIs Artificial Intelligence Worth The Craze For Luxury Brands?
Mobile billboard is seen near the U.S. Capitol on September 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. NGOs highlight artificial intelligence (AI)’s dangers to climate change. The post Is Artificial Intelligence...
View ArticleTech Groups Call On US DoJ To Investigate YouTube Monopoly
The letter was penned by groups including Accountable Tech; American Economic Liberties Project; Blue Future; Demand Progress Education Fund; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Main Street Alliance;...
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