Business & Human Rights

  • FB blocks 120,000 posts and Rejects 2.2 Million Ads Related to U.S. Election

    October 21, 2020

    Using artificial intelligence tools and thousands of employees focused on election-based content, Facebook removed 120,000 posts from its platforms for attempting to obstruct voting and blocked 2.2 million ads for failing to complete its authorization process to target U.S. audiences.

  • U.S.J.D. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google

    October 21, 2020

    The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google accusing the company of abusing its dominance over smaller rivals. 

  • Talgo: Big Tech's assault on free speech

    October 21, 2020

    Writing in The Hill, Chris Talgo argues that Big Tech's unprecedented control over political expression is exacerbating the public’s perception, highlighted in a 2018 Pew Research Center study, that social media platforms actively censor political views that those companies find objectionable.

  • Jonsson and Owen: Policy Makers Must Reign in Big Tech

    October 21, 2020

    According to Oscar Jonsson and Taylor Owen writing for the Project Syndicate, the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few global digital firms who shape national and international policies and outcomes justifies the global governance of the digital economy, including global data governance, standards and regulation of online content, and taxation.

  • Holmes: IRS Under Investigation for Buying Smartphone Data

    October 09, 2020

    Writing in Business Insider, Aaron Holmes reports that the U.S. Treasury Inspector General is investigating the Internal Revenue Service over its practice of buying people's smartphone data from private surveillance companies, which raises Constitutional concerns.

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