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- 21:34, 14 February 2022 diff hist +457 N Internet Association Created page with "* Google, Facebook, And Amazon Were Members Of Internet Association. ** Amazon disclosed it contributed $30,000 To Internet Association's California PAC in 2020. ** Internet Association reported spending more than $13.9 million in federal lobbying over a 7-year period between 2013 – 2020. ** Internet Association alleged attempts to regulate the sharing economy – like Amazon Flex – were a tactic by "legacy corporations" to "stifle" the competition." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:34, 14 February 2022 diff hist +1,104 N Developers Alliance Created page with "* Facebook And Google Were Members Of The Developers Alliance, Which Claimed To Represent Some 70,000 App Developers. ** Developers Alliance spent $1,018,100 on federal lobbying between 2013 – 2020. $125,000 of that spending came in 2019 – 2020. * Developers Alliance argued that traditional market risks were irrelevant in digital platform competition and that consumers benefit from a "functioning market" in which Apps were channeled into limited, controlled platform..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:33, 14 February 2022 diff hist +624 N Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Created page with "* Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Counted All Four – Amazon, Facebook, Apple, And Alphabet (Google) As Members. ** CTA spent $10,370,000 on federal lobbying in 2019 – 2020 alone. ** CTA fought Right to Repair laws that were under consideration in 25 state legislatures. Right to Repair proposals required tech manufacturers to provide independent repair shops access to parts and schematics to fix devices like computers and phones. *** CTA argued such policies thr..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:30, 14 February 2022 diff hist +803 N NetChoice Created page with "* NetChoice Attacked Lawsuits That Directly And Indirectly Threatened Organization Member Google ** NetChoice aggressively defended Apple's app store business model, a business model that mirrored organization member Google's app store. *** Google is a member of NetChoice. *** NetChoice aggressively defended Apple's app store business model. NetChoice Vice President described the apple app store as "an innovative ecosystem that helped create the hypercompetitive app econ..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:29, 14 February 2022 diff hist +511 N Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) Created page with "* Apple, Amazon, And Google Were Members Of Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), A Trade Association That Spent Millions In Federal Lobbying. ** In 7 years, the Association reported $6,720,000 in lobbying costs -- $1,120,000 of that came in just 2020. ** ETA reported lobbying on H.R. 4813 (Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act), which sought to bar Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon from providing banking services. ** ETAPAC contributed $96,300 to Federal House and Sen..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:29, 14 February 2022 diff hist +926 N ACT - the App Association Created page with "* Apple Funded ACT Pushed Apple's Agenda, Causing An Alternative App Developer Association To Be Created Specifically To Avoid The Conflict Of Interest ** Apple funded the ACT- The App Association. ** ACT attacked the Supreme Court's decision on Apple versus Pepper, taking Apple's side in the case. *** ACT took Apple's side in the Supreme Court decision Apple versus Pepper, arguing the decision "robbed developers of their autonomy and independence by categorizing them as..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:28, 14 February 2022 diff hist +654 N TechNet Created page with "* TechNet Functioned As A "Political Shield" For Members, Including Google And Apple, To Push Their Agenda ** TechNet is a trade association for technology CEOs and executives, including Google and Apple. ** TechNet held annual lobbying conferences so members, including Google and Apple, could push their agenda on politicians. ** Wired on TechNet: "Tech's most powerful advocacy group." ** Wired: TechNet "has grown to become the valley's strongest fundraising network and..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:26, 14 February 2022 diff hist +481 Main Page →Big Tech Wiki Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:54, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,000 N Google and Consumers Created page with " YouTube and YouTube Kids * Wojcicki and YouTube have faced years of criticism for failing to protect kids. Two months after the 2015 launch of YouTube Kids, a platform marketed as kid appropriate, advocates complained to the FTC that the platform contained sexual content, promotions of alcohol, and illegal ads. * In 2017, YouTube faced complaints of violent content on YouTube Kids and exploitative content on its main platform. In 2019, despite promises from YouTube to..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:53, 11 February 2022 diff hist +595 N Google and Small Businesses Created page with "* Google uses its monopoly to serve ads and its own content, gradually increasing the cost of ads and making them unaffordable to small businesses, whose search results suffer. Additionally, fake listings from Google Maps have made it harder to find legitimate small businesses. * Facebook, Instagram, and Google’s YouTube have created arbitrary and discriminatory standards around sexuality and sexual content. This has led to LGBTQ accounts on YouTube being demonetized a..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:45, 11 February 2022 diff hist +22 Main Page →Big Tech Wiki Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:38, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,303 N Google and Koch Connections Created page with "* Google and Koch entities, mainly the Charles Koch Foundation, fund many of the same institutions. ** In 2020, Google listed itself as being a member of 28 different policy organizations that have also received Koch funding. ** Many of these mutually funded institutions, including the Buckeye Institute, the Federalist Society, and Taxpayers Protection Alliance, have taken far-right stances. ** Google has also previously listed itself as a member of 13 different policy..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:36, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,839 N Google Disinformation Created page with " '''YouTube spreads disinformation''' * YouTube’s algorithm put equal weight on climate science videos and climate denial videos and continued to serve up new climate misinformation to those who viewed similar content. Though Google took steps in October 2021 to demonetize climate denial YouTube videos, it still allowed climate denial content if it was presented as “public discourse.” * YouTube hosted thousands of videos that pushed vaccine misinformation, one of..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:35, 11 February 2022 diff hist +685 N Google and the Auto Industry Created page with "* Google had the most investment in autonomous vehicles of any Big Tech company. * VSI Labs said “no company has more in the game than Google (Waymo) with massive fleets, deployments, investments and software expertise.” * Google’s Android operating system was widespread in cars, with a Berylls analysis showing that within a few years of 2020, Google’s smartphone mirroring extended to some 80% of global car sales. * Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:35, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,615 N Google and National Security Created page with "* In December 2020, it was reported that Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt made personnel recommendations for the Defense and State Departments. '''Google and China''' * Google executives wanted a relationship and further cooperation with China, saying it was a “wonderful, innovative market.” Google Sundar Pichai said Google needed to “think hard” about whether it would continue to work in China and look at the “long term.” Jeff Dean, head of Google AI, ho..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:34, 11 February 2022 diff hist +56 Main Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:33, 11 February 2022 diff hist +625 N Google and Taxes Created page with "* In 2017, Google Moved $22.7 Billion Through A Dutch Shell Company In Bermuda, Where Companies Pay No Income Tax, To Reduce Its Foreign Tax Bill. ** The Tax Strategy Was Phased Out Beginning In 2014 In Response To Pressure From The EU And The United States, Two Regions That Were Cheated By This Tax Advantage, Ending Google’s Tax Advantages In 2020. * 2010 To 2019: Google Paid $27.9 Billion In Income Taxes On $176.6 Billion In Profits After Taking In $647.7 Billion I..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:30, 11 February 2022 diff hist +373 Main Page →Big Tech Wiki Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:15, 11 February 2022 diff hist +944 N Facebook and Taxes Created page with "* Facebook Avoided Paying Taxes by Shifting the Rights to It Online Platform and Marketing Intangibles to Ireland, a Tax Haven used by other Big Tech Companies. * Facebook Faced Scrutiny For Underpaying Taxes By $3 To $5 Billion By Undervaluing The Worth Of Its Intellectual Property When Transferring It To Ireland. The Institute On Taxation And Economic Police Reported That Facebook “Led The Pack In Exploiting The Stock Option Loophole,” Which Allowed Companies To De..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:15, 11 February 2022 diff hist +25 Main Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:14, 11 February 2022 diff hist +516 N Facebook and National Security Created page with "* 75% of social media usage was through Facebook or one of its subsidiary platforms. Facebook and its subsidiaries accounted for 75% of all time spent on social media, with roughly two billion people interacting with their platform every day. Facebook’s monopoly in the social media space meant it had the personal data of nearly 2.8 billion people, which was more than a quarter of the world’s population. Because of their dominance of social media Facebook captured 50%..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:13, 11 February 2022 diff hist −4 Main Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:13, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,454 N Facebook and Disinformation Created page with "* Laura Edelson Said Her And Her Team Used Their Research To study Facebook’s “apparent amplification of partisan misinformation.” Edelson and her team found that Facebook users engaged with misinformation more than other kinds of information on the platform. The team’s findings led Edelson to believe we were “racing against the clock” to understand how disinformation spread on social media. Edelson called understanding how misinformation spread on social med..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:11, 11 February 2022 diff hist −22 Main Page Tag: Visual edit
- 20:11, 11 February 2022 diff hist +6,543 N Facebook and Mental Health Created page with "*RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY FOUND THAT FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS REPORTED LOWER WELL-BEING **A large body of literature linked Facebook use with detrimental outcomes such as decreased mental well-being. A meta study on scientific papers on social media’s influence on mental health found social media use was linked to increased levels of psychological distress, thoughts of self-harm and suicide and poor sleep. One in eight Facebook users reported that their use of the..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:09, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,986 N Allowing Illegal Actions for Ads Created page with "*Facebook did not take action against human trafficking groups that were on their platform despite being made aware of their presence. A Polish trafficking expert said that he had identified human trafficking on Facebook, but 18 months later there had been no implementation of systems to find and remove trafficking posts *Facebook in fact allowed the human traffickers to spend $152,000 on Facebook ads for massage parlors and deactivated a system that detected human traff..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:09, 11 February 2022 diff hist +2,472 N Failures to Keep Children Safe Created page with "*Instagram and Facebook have failed to keep children safe on their platforms, with high levels of child pornography and “grooming” of underage users. Facebook was responsible for the majority of reported instances of child pornography or trafficking in 2018, and Instagram was cited as the leading platform for child grooming in the U.K. in 2019. **During the COVID-19 pandemic, Instagram failed to respond to complaints about predatory behavior, citing a lack of resourc..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:08, 11 February 2022 diff hist +11,158 N Facebook and User Harm Created page with " '''Allowing Illegal Actions for Ads''' * Facebook did not take action against human trafficking groups that were on their platform despite being made aware of their presence. A Polish trafficking expert said that he had identified human trafficking on Facebook, but 18 months later there had been no implementation of systems to find and remove trafficking posts * Facebook in fact allowed the human traffickers to spend $152,000 on Facebook ads for massage parlors and d..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:04, 11 February 2022 diff hist +4,460 N Facebook's False Claim To Supporting Regulation Created page with "* For years, Facebook’s approach to looming regulatory policy in the U.S. and abroad involved denying any need for regulation at all. ** In 2017, Facebook lobbyists and its allied Internet Association warned that proposed BROWSER Act legislation requiring websites and ISPs to obtain consent from users before sharing their browser data with other entities threatened innovation. * In 2016, less than a month after a judge ruled against Facebook in a lawsuit alleging viola..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:02, 11 February 2022 diff hist +15,430 N NYU Study on Misinformation Created page with "* In August 2021, Facebook blocked a team of researchers from NYU’s Ad observatory from accessing their site. The researchers launched a tool enabling users to share data about which political ads the users are shown and why those ads were targeted at them. * The researchers said they were working to “uncover systemic flaws in the Facebook ad library, to identify misinformation in political ads [...] and to study Facebook’s apparent amplification of partisan misin..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:01, 11 February 2022 diff hist +11,714 N Facebook and Whistleblowers Created page with "* According to the Wall Street Journal, “Time and again, the documents show, in the U.S. and overseas, Facebook’s own researchers have identified the platform’s ill effects, in areas including teen mental health, political discourse and human trafficking. Time and again, despite congressional hearings, its own pledges and numerous media exposés, the company didn’t fix them. Sometimes the company held back for fear of hurting its business. In other cases, Faceboo..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:53, 11 February 2022 diff hist +4 Main Page →Big Tech Wiki Page Tag: Visual edit
- 19:53, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,192 N Facebook's Oversight Committee Created page with "* Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Been Called Out As A “Toothless” PR Stunt That The Company Used To “[Co-Opt] Advocates And Academics Who Would Otherwise Be More Critical Of The Company.” In 2020, Facebook executives announced a new Oversight Board, which would be tasked with issuing recommendations on controversial content moderation decisions. Referred to by some as Facebook’s “Supreme Court,” the Oversight Board was intended to “help Facebook answer..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:42, 11 February 2022 diff hist +831 N Facebook and Small Business Created page with "* Facebook’s algorithm has arbitrarily prevented small businesses from advertising, resulting in lost revenue. While larger advertisers can pay for a dedicated account representative, smaller advertisers receive slower customer service. Additionally, Facebook changed its algorithm in 2018 to show users less commercial content, causing small businesses to lose revenue. * Facebook, Instagram, and Google’s YouTube have created arbitrary and discriminatory standards arou..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:41, 11 February 2022 diff hist +5,854 N Facebook Cryptocurrency Not Trusted by Lawmakers Created page with "'''Democrats''' * In May 2019, Sen. Sherod Brown questioned how Facebook would protect the privacy of its cryptocurrency users. He also demanded clarity on Facebook’s intentions for its crypto project. * In June 2019, Sen. Brown said Facebook was “too big and too powerful” and said the company could not be allowed to run a risky new cryptocurrency without proper oversight. * In June 2019, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters called on Fac..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:34, 11 February 2022 diff hist +4,188 N Facebook Facing Pressure from Consumers, Regulators Created page with " Democrats * Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said Big Data posed “serious implications for healthy competitive marketplaces” and called on antitrust agencies to “place greater emphasis on determining the competitive impact of obtaining even more data through mergers.” Klobuchar said Big Tech companies like Facebook were “powerful internet gatekeepers” that kept small businesses in check. * Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Facebook was a “monopoly” that was u..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:10, 11 February 2022 diff hist +9,387 N Facebook Operating as a Monopoly Created page with "RECENT COURT DECISION AGAINST FTC DIDN’T DENY FACEBOOK WAS A MONOPOLY * Although a judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its antitrust case against Facebook, the judge’s ruling did not rule on whether Facebook was a monopoly and it allowed the FTC to retry its argument. * An analysis of the judge’s ruling by Brookings noted how the case underscored how current antitrust law provides carveouts for “lawful monopolies.” From Brookings, “The..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:08, 11 February 2022 diff hist −27 Main Page Tag: Visual edit
- 19:08, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,178 N Apple and Taxes Created page with "* Apple Avoided Taxes By Creating Three Offshore Corporations In Ireland, A Known Tax Haven. * Apple Used A “Cost-Sharing Agreement” With Its Irish Subsidiaries, Which Transferred Part Ownership Of Intellectual Property Created In The U.S. To Ireland To Avoid Paying Taxes In The U.S. * Apple Also Used A Tax Loophole Which Allowed them To Declare To The IRS That Its Three Offshore Subsidiaries Were One Company. * Forbes: Apple “Has Become Famous Over The Years For D..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:07, 11 February 2022 diff hist +965 N Apple and China Created page with "* Apple was said to be a “power tool in China’s vast censorship operation” going so far as to hand over its Chinese user’s personal data. The New York Times said Apple had worked to create “a bureaucracy that ha[d] become a powerful tool in China’s vast censorship operations.” Apple agreed to store the personal data of its Chinese customers on computer servers run by a state-owned Chinese firm. Apple’s compromises with the Chinese government made it “ne..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:06, 11 February 2022 diff hist +284 N Apple and National Security Created page with "* A majority of Americans owned an Apple product, with the average household owning at least two of them. * In 2017, it was found that 64% of Americans owned an Apple product, with the average household owning 2.6 Apple products. 52% of all smartphones used in the U.S. were iPhones." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:04, 11 February 2022 diff hist +395 N Apple and Workers Created page with "* In 2019, Apple admitted to breaking Chinese labor law by employing too many temporary workers at the world’s largest iPhone factory. * Nonprofit advocacy group China Labor Watch accused Apple and Foxconn of labor violations, including withholding bonus payments, rolling back safety training, and employing more temporary workers than China’s laws allowed, The Washington Post reported." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:03, 11 February 2022 diff hist +1,280 N Apple and the Auto Industry Created page with "* Apple was already making serious auto industry in-roads and at a stroke has changed entire markets. * The Wall Street Journal said Apple sought to “control every aspect of the user experience” and at a stroke changed entire markets when it rolled out the iPhone and iTunes. * Apple’s mysterious plans could mean it was working on a car, tech platform, or mobility service, but as of Spring 2021, Bloomberg reported Apple prioritized plans for the “Apple Car..." Tag: Visual edit
- 19:02, 11 February 2022 diff hist +15,066 N Apple and Privacy Created page with " '''Apple failed to protect their users''' * Apple said the iPhone was a “highly personal device” and promised they had “design[ed] security into the core” of their platforms. Apple said safety and privacy was “of critical importance to users” and said they designed security into the core of its platforms. Apple claimed their devices protected their “entire ecosystem, including everything users do locally, on networks and with key internet services.” Ap..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:58, 11 February 2022 diff hist +667 N Apple and Small Business Created page with "* In 2018, Amazon and Apple struck a deal that led to the removal of repair shops selling refurbished Apple products on Amazon, harming “hundreds if not thousands” of small repairers. Apple made repair shops pay to become “authorized service providers” and has lobbied against right-to-repair legislation. * Apple controls 71% of spending in the U.S. app market while Google controls the rest, harming innovation and raising costs for consumers. Small app developers..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:58, 11 February 2022 diff hist +688 N Apple and Consumers Created page with "* To be in it’s App Store, Apple only allows payment through it’s own payment method and doesn’t allow developers to contact consumers, to tell them about lower prices or offer competitive pricing. This has led people to call them a monopoly in a classic sense. * The IPhone is vulnerable to hacks and the public has been misled about it’s security. * The App Store is also vulnerable to scam and ripoff apps. The review process has been called “feeble” and since..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:50, 11 February 2022 diff hist +598 N Amazon and National Security Created page with "* The cloud services space was dominated by Amazon, who had billions of dollars worth of contracts with federal defense agencies like the Department of Defense. Amazon held nearly 34% of the worldwide cloud computer market. Amazon was the dominant cloud provider for federal agencies, the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. The NSA awarded Amazon a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion. Even the CIA used Amazon’s cloud services. The c..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:50, 11 February 2022 diff hist 0 Amazon and Taxes Tag: Visual edit
- 18:49, 11 February 2022 diff hist +978 N Amazon and Taxes Created page with "* In 2020, Amazon Saved $639 Million Using Various Tax Credits * Amazon Gave Employees Restricted Stock Grants, Which Allowed It To Take Tax Deductions. * In 2020, Amazon Saved $1.8 Billion Using Tax Breaks For Stock Options. * From 2018 To 2020, Amazon Used Depreciation Breaks To Avoid Paying Taxes, Which Allowed It To Deduct The Costs Of Investments In Equipment More Quickly Than The Equipment Wore Out. * 2011 To 2016: Amazon Spent More Than $160 Billion On Investments..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:49, 11 February 2022 diff hist +454 N Amazon and Workers Created page with "* Throughout Amazon’s 27-Year Existence It Used “Hard-Nosed Tactics From A Well Worn Playbook” To Stop Union Drives Says the Washington Post: “Among other problems, unions could dent the company’s flexibility, limiting its ability to rapidly hire and cut workers to meet shopping demands that spike and recede throughout the year,” said former company executives who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly about internal policy." Tag: Visual edit
