Azure for Apartheid? Fired Microsoft Engineer Details Employee Revolt Against Israel AI Contracts
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Azure for Apartheid? Fired Microsoft Engineer Details Employee Revolt Against Israel AI Contracts
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Microsoft Build: Former Employee Protests Israel AI Use, Slams Official Company Report
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#Watching The Internship (2013) reminds me how tectonically the narratives around corporate tech have changed in the last decade. I doubt you couldn sell an aspirational story about interning at Goggle now.
We did that. All of us. Working *together*.
I'm all for for getting more policy through Parliament to protect human rights/ liberties in the ways technology is deployed. Strategies for this can be divided into two broad categories;
1) working with existing parties on tech policy
2) growing a tech freedom party
Having been involved in trying both strategies, multiple times, I've had much more success with the first one, for far less effort.
(2/2)
"We can reverse the enshittification of the internet. We can halt the creeping enshittification of every digital device.
We can build a better, enshittification-resistant digital nervous system, one that is fit to coordinate the mass movements we will need to fight fascism, end genocide, and save our planet and our species."
#CoryDoctorow, 2024
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/#ich-bin-ein-bratapfel
"With services like email and social media, Amazon and Apple Pay, health, diet and even sleep-tracking, technology is pushing ever deeper into our lives. But should we just accept the new gadgets and services on offer, or is there a hidden cost to pay? This seven-part series profiles the Rebel Geeks challenging power structures and offering a different vision of our technological future."
Tech activism is part of Issue 8 of The Better Web! Discover the incredible individuals and organizations harnessing the power of technology to drive progress and equality. Ignite your inner activist: https://thebetterweb.beehiiv.com/p/issue-8 #TechActivism #ProgressiveWeb