#ethicswashing — Public Fediverse posts

And here’s the thing: if/when there is another administration, you don’t let these fuckers weasel their way back in by waving their money. They should never have been let in to begin with. The number of fucking “human rights” and “ethical this or that” conferences I refused to speak at because they were sponsored by these assholes comes to mind. I guess being surveillance capitalists and farming people wasn’t bad enough for some folks.

Wrote this a decade ago (nothing’s fucking changed): https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/

#google #facebook #meta #sponsorship #institutionalCorruption #BigTech #ethicsWashing #privacyWashing https://mstdn.party/@philjreese/114037657970053201

And here’s the thing: if/when there is another administration, you don’t let these fuckers weasel their way back in by waving their money. They should never have been let in to begin with. The number of fucking “human rights” and “ethical this or that” conferences I refused to speak at because they were sponsored by these assholes comes to mind. I guess being surveillance capitalists and farming people wasn’t bad enough for some folks.

Wrote this a decade ago (nothing’s fucking changed): https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/

#google #facebook #meta #sponsorship #institutionalCorruption #BigTech #ethicsWashing #privacyWashing https://mstdn.party/@philjreese/114037657970053201

When posting a link to the @w3c Ethical Web Principles, please also make sure to link to their members page so we can all see the list of exemplary corporations that adhere to these excellent principles (Meta, Google, TikTok, UnitedHealth, etc.) :

https://www.w3.org/membership/list/

#w3c #EthicalWebPrinciples #ethics #web #ethicsWashing #surveillanceCapitalism #surveillance #capitalism #BigTech #bullshit #meta #google #tiktok #unitedHealthcare #unitedHealth #unitedHealthGroup