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• 19:07, 22 April 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and China (Created page with "Apple is deeply embedded in China, manufacturing most of its products there and conceding to demands from the Chinese government to censor content. * Apple has been manufacturing in China since 2001, with most iPhones, iPads, and Macs now manufacturing there. * China is Apple’s third-largest revenue market, and Tim Cook has gone to great lengths to cultivate a positive relationship with Xi, making frequent visits to China and meeting with top leaders. * Apple has in...") Tag: Visual edit
• 15:35, 22 April 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Antitrust Reform and National Security Pushback (Created page with "As antitrust reform has advanced, former National Security figures that have clear conflicts of interest have been called in to pushback. * A letter was written to the Congressional members by 12 former Security figures. According to Politico all 12 have ties to Big Tech.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/22/former-security-officials-antitrust-tech-ties-513657</ref> * Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who was instrumental in putting together th...") Tag: Visual edit
• 02:39, 29 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Amazon's Government Influence (content was: "* Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of White House Senior Counselor Steve Ricchetti was paid $150,000 to be a lobbyist for Amazon to lobby Congress on online marketing regulations and the minimum wage.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-lobbying-ethics-ricchetti/2021/06/13/1f2f0826-c864-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html&ust=1645...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 02:33, 29 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Adversaries (content was: "* AI was expected to be at the heart of the future of warfare, espionage and other defense systems. AI was predicted to have “transformative implications” for military weaponry, espionage and was considered key to advancing cyber defense. Harvard’s Belfast Center said AI would “dramatically augment autonomous weapons and espionage capabilities. The Belfast Center...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 01:52, 18 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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.<ref>https://actonline.org/about/</ref> ** 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 a...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:09, 18 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Chamber of Progress (Created page with "* Chamber of Progress was formed in 2021 by Google’s former top lobbyist, with backing from Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. The group was formed to back key pieces of the progressive agenda, as a way to get back in lawmakers’ good graces and help fend off tech regulation.<ref>National Journal, 3/30/21</ref> * Chamber of Progress was called out by both sides of the aisle for being a “transparent ploy” to bamboozle lawmakers and camouflage Big Tech’s true int...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:06, 18 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Facebook's Oversight Board (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.<ref>https://oversightboard.com/news/327923075055291-announcing-the-first-members-of-the-oversight-board/</ref> Referre...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:59, 15 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Links to Americans for Tax Reform and ALEC (Created page with "''As evident by recent case in North Dakota'' * 2021: A bill introduced in the North Dakota legislature sought to crack down on Apple and Google’s anticompetitive conduct in their app stores. * New York Times reported that Koch Network Group Americans for Prosperity sided with Apple and Google against the app store antitrust bill in North Dakota. * ALEC lobbied North Dakota legislators to vote against the app store antitrust bill. * Americans for Tax Reform lobbied A...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:32, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Attempt to Influence Trade Policy (content was: "* Big Tech has supported the major trade deals of the last few years, including the TPP, USMCA, and the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Agreement. Big Tech has also voiced support for Section 230-like language in the latter two agreements, even as bipartisan lawmakers criticized this language.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/31/us-tech-industr...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:23, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Big Tech's Influence on Associations (content was: " '''Governors and Attorney General Associations of Both Parties''' * Amazon, Google, and Facebook have donated at least a combined total of $3,422,000 to just the Governors And Attorneys Generals Associations of both parties: ** 2017 – 2018: Amazon Donated $375,748 Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, And RAGA. ** 2007 – 2018: Google Donated Over $1.5 Million Between The DG...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:23, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Ties to the Biden Administration (content was: "* The Washington Post reported that “dozens” of administration officials have ties to the big tech industry. * Thirteen Biden aides have directly worked at Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Lyft, Microsoft, Twitter, and Uber. * Out of all of Big Tech, Facebook has the most officials who have worked with them in some capacity, followed by Alphabet.", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Ties to the Biden's National Security Council (content was: "* The influence of Big Tech stretches throughout the Biden administration’s National Security Council (NSC). ** As President Biden prepared to take office, Big Tech executives pushed personnel recommendations for senior national security roles in the administration. *** Reuters: “Google’s former Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, a billionaire who is a Silicon Valley ti...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Progress on App Store Competition Issues (content was: "* Apple has faced international scrutiny over their in-app fees and ban on alternate payment systems in their App Store. In August 2021, South Korea passed a law to rein in their monopolies which experts believed could serve as a model for other countries seeking to crack down on the companies. The law would bar Apple and Google from requiring in-app payment systems and...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Klobuchar-Grassley's, American Innovation & Choice Online Act (AICO) (content was: "American Innovation & Choice Online Act (AICO) Support * AICO was introduced in the Senate with strong bipartisan support: ** Republican Grassley and Democrat Klobuchar led the bill. ** The bill’s original cosponsors included 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans. ** Republican Rep. Ken Buck said claims that the bills were “democratic bills” were “false.” * In Sep. 2...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Biden Administration Executive Order on Competition (content was: "Biden Executive Order on Competition Met With Strong, Widespread Praise and Support * Farmers and agriculture advocates including The American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Family Action Alliance, and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association praised Biden’s Executive Order on competition for taking on Big Ag and leveling the playing field for independent farmers. * Advocates...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Jonathan Kanter and the DOJ (content was: "Support For The Nomination of Jonathan Kanter As Assistant Attorney General For The Antitrust Division * President Joe Biden’s nomination of Jonathan Kanter has been met favorably from Democratic lawmakers, journalists, progressive advocates, and even some notable conservatives: * Kanter largely sailed through his confirmation hearing October 6, where he was met with...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:22, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Big Tech Attempt to Poach FTC Staff (content was: "The FTC Is Hiring Up for a Regulatory Revolution as Big Tech Tries to Poach Its Staff * In 2021, Big Tech has continued to poach FTC staff. LinkedIn and Google searches identified at least 11 FTC attorneys who left for Big Tech companies, law firms representing Big Tech, or Big Tech-funded groups. * From 2015 to 2018, more than 40 FTC staff left to work for tech compani...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Small Business Support for Lina Khan (content was: "* In August 2021, Small Business Majority, an organization representing more than 85,000 small businesses nationwide, was part of a coalition of groups that praised the Biden Administration for appointing Lina Khan to a key role in the administration. * In November 2021, Small Business Majority defended Khan against attacks from the US Chamber of Commerce and praised her...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Biden Administration Ties (content was: "* Alphabet was a client of Deputy Counsel to the President and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council Jonathan Cedarbaum when he was a partner at the law firm of WilliamHale. ** Cedarbaum represented Google in Google Inc V. USA. This was a federal anti-trust case that upheld Google must pay $22.5 million in damages for planting tracking cookies on Apple’s Safar...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Kent Walker (content was: "* Walker, who has worked at Google since 2006 and is now Chief Legal Counsel and VP of Global Affairs, has consolidated power at the company and now oversees a broad portfolio handling virtually every controversial issue. He has been described as risk-averse and preferring to shun the spotlight. * Walker has spent years defending Google’s monopoly in the U.S. and Europ...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:21, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Larry Page (content was: "* Although Larry Page stepped down from his day-to-day responsibilities at Alphabet Inc. in 2019, he remained on the board, and, with his co-founder Sergey Brin, remain the controlling shareholders at Alphabet with over 51 percent of the total shareholder voting power. ** Page was the single shareholder with the most voting power at Alphabet, having 1.3 percentage points...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Ben Gomes (content was: "* Gomes was known for helping the early Google team make major decisions ** Gomes joined Google in 2002. ** Gomes was called Google’s “Search Czar” and considered “one of the founders of Google search.” ** During the early days of Google, Marissa Mayer described Gomes as Google’s “diplomat” who could “help build bridges” between the personalities and...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Susan Wojcicki (content was: "* Wojcicki was Google’s 16th employee, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded the company out of her garage. She is very close to Page, which ensures her job security, and her sister was married to Brin. * Wojcicki started out working on Google’s ad programs, developing AdWords, overseeing Google Video, and supporting the acquisition of YouTube and DoubleClick. She a...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Jeff Dean (content was: "* During high school, Dean developed software that allowed epidemiologists doing field work to analyze their data sets “26 times faster” than what professionals were using at the time. Dean’s software was adopted by the Center For Disease Control and translated into 13 languages. * Dean joined Google in the early 2000s and helped write the code that allowed Google...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Adam Kovacevich (content was: "* 3/29/21: Former Google Public Policy Head Adam Kovacevich launched Chamber of Progress, which he said was a center-left coalition that would focus on advocating for progressive policies. * Chamber of Progress’ initial partners companies included Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Zillow, DoorDash, Instacart and other big tech companies. * Adam Kovacevich led Go...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Sundar Pichai (content was: "* After the New York Times reported that Google had protected at least three Google executives with sexual harassment complaints against them in 2018, Pichai acknowledged that 48 people had been fired for sexual misconduct in the past two years. After employees argued that his statement failed to take true accountability, Pichai apologized for his initial statement, whic...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:20, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Facebook's Government Influence (content was: "* Senior Biden officials have provided consulting services to Facebook. Secretary of State Tony Blinken provided “advisory services” regarding how countries are responding to cyber-attacks. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar provided “legal services” to Facebook.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/22/technology-202-biden-administration-full-officia...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Michael McConnell (content was: "* Michael McConnell is a professor at Stanford Law School and a former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. He has published widely in the fields of constitutional law, specifically on the separation of church and state. He has had many positions at universities, government agencies, and law firms. * McConnell is a scholar on the separation of church and state, but he has...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Evelyn Aswad (content was: "* Evelyn Aswad is a law professor at the University Of Oklahoma, researching corporate responsibility and freedom of expression. Before becoming a professor, Aswad spent 14 years as an attorney with the U.S. Department of State, most recently as the director of the Office of Human Rights and Refugees. At the State Department, Aswad was a legal adviser for U.S. delegation...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page John Samples (content was: "* Samples is a member of the Oversight Board and the vice president of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. He has authored several books and is currently working on a book about social media and speech regulation, updating his policy analysis on “why government should not regulate content moderation for social media.” Prior to joining the Cato Institute, Sa...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Jamal Greene (content was: "* Greene, a co-chair of the Oversight Board, is a constitutional law expert and professor of law at Columbia Law School. He recently published a book called “How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart.” He is a frequent commentator on constitutional law and the Supreme Court, and has written pieces in the New York Times, Slate, the...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:19, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Suzanne Nossel (content was: "* Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, a nonprofit organization that works to defend free expression around the world. Nossel’s family escaped Nazi Germany and relocated to South Africa in the 1930s. She grew up in Scarsdale, New York. In high school, she advocated for the rights of Jewish people living in the Soviet Union. Nossel received her bachelor’s and JD...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Chris Cox (content was: "* Cox Is A Close Lieutenant Of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg And Is One Of The Longest-Running Executives At The Company. Cox has been a Facebook employee since 2005, aside from a year’s leave in 2019, and was one of the company’s first employees. He was one of the first 15 software engineers and one of the first 50 employees at the company. * As chief product officer...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Andrew "Boz" Bozworth (content was: "* Andrew Bosworth joined Facebook as the head of the firm’s advertising division in 2006. Since then he has become a close confidant of Mark Zuckerberg and is a staunch defender of the Big Tech firm, despite numerous scandals. ** Just 6 days after the Pulse Nightclub massacre, Bosworth wrote a memo arguing that any harm–including terrorist attacks, cyberbullying, and...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Adam Mosseri (content was: "* Mosseri was promoted to head of Instagram after the app’s founders left the company due to tension with Mark Zuckerberg regarding how much control Facebook exerted over Instagram. Mosseri was a long-time Zuckerberg loyalist and his move to Instagram was seen as part of Zuckerberg’s effort to consolidate control over the app. Mosseri seemed to align better with Zuck...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Joel Kaplan (content was: "* Kaplan, born in 1969, grew up in Weston, Massachusetts, a suburb 20 miles west of Boston. * Kaplan earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard, where he dated Sheryl Sandberg. * After college, Kaplan joined the U.S. Marines Corp and served as an artillery officer. * Kaplan then graduated from Harvard Law School before clerking for a U.S. Court of Appeals judge and Supr...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:18, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Sheryl Sandberg (content was: "* After the January 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Sandberg denied Facebook held responsibility for the attacks: “‘I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our abilities to stop hate, don’t have our standards, and don’t have our transparency.” * Experts, however, found the Capitol attacks were organized on Facebook. One r...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:17, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Apple and the Biden Administration (content was: "* One of Biden’s top advisors, Cynthia Hogan, worked as the top lobbyist for Apple, Inc. from 2016-2020. Hogan left her role as Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs at Apple, Inc. to join the Biden campaign and his vice presidential selection team.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/30/apple-exec-cynthia-hogan-joins-bidens-vp-vetting-team/</ref> ** H...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:17, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page American Bar Association (content was: " ''Presidential transitions using the ABA where captured by industry'' * There were 22 lawyers, professors and economists who served on the American Bar Association Antitrust Section presidential transition report task force. * The American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s transition report task force leadership included William MacLeod and Richard Parker, two cor...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:17, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Governors and Attorney General Associations of Both Parties (content was: "* Amazon, Google, and Facebook have donated at least a combined total of $3,422,000 to just the Governors And Attorneys Generals Associations of both parties: ** 2017 – 2018: Amazon Donated $375,748 Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, And RAGA<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtedetail.php?ein=464501717&cycle=2018</ref> **2007 – 2018: Google Donated Over $1.5 Million...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:16, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Future Privacy Forum (content was: "* The Future Privacy Forum received funding from Google, Amazon, and Facebook. * The Forum backed the recent passage of the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act.<ref>https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/03/30/virginias-new-big-tech-backed-data-privacy-law-is-the-nations-second-critics-say-it-doesnt-go-far-enough/</ref> ** The bill passed with bipartisan support but was cri...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:15, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page New American Foundation (content was: "* New America Foundation received more than $21 million from Google.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/eric-schmidt-google-new-america.html&ust=1645297260000000&usg=AOvVaw3RTmt5-TX_nvmSSjjSNEt3&hl=en</ref> * In 2017, New America chastised its in-house Open Markets Institute for praising a European antitrust settlement ag...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 18:15, 14 March 2022 Btw admin talk contribs deleted page Lina Khan and the FTC (content was: " Lina Khan is a widely hailed advocate and legal scholar who has redefined antitrust policy and created a clear vision for a modernized FTC. * In 2018, Politico Magazine’s 50 Influential Idea’s List described Khan as the “the leader of the new school of thought” that recognized tech monopolies as the facilitators of widespread societal harms with consequences b...", and the only contributor was "Btw admin" (talk))
• 14:56, 18 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page File:Lobbyists.jpg
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• 14:51, 18 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech Influence Maps (Created page with "thumb") Tag: Visual edit
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• 21:02, 16 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Ties to the Biden's National Security Council (Created page with "* The influence of Big Tech stretches throughout the Biden administration’s National Security Council (NSC). ** As President Biden prepared to take office, Big Tech executives pushed personnel recommendations for senior national security roles in the administration. *** Reuters: “Google’s former Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, a billionaire who is a Silicon Valley titan, has been making personnel recommendations for appointments to the Department of Defense.” *** R...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:20, 16 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Google Operating as a Monopoly (Created page with "* U.S. AND OVERSEAS REGULATORS ALLEGED GOOGLE WAS A MONOPOLY ** In October 2020, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division sued Google, alleging the company was an illegal monopoly. Google maintained monopolies in search and search advertising and “deprives rivals of the quality, reach, and financial position necessary to mount any meaningful competition to Google’s longstanding monopolies,” wrote the Justice Department. ** Before the Justice Department’s law...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:25, 16 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Facebook Is Building Another Monopoly In "The Metaverse" (Created page with "* Facebook Now Has A Dominate Market Share In Virtual Reality Thanks To Its 2014Acquisition Of Oculus And Its Quest Headset ** In December 2020, Bloomberg reported that “Facebook is the world’s biggest virtual-reality hardware maker thanks to its 2014 acquisition of Oculus for $2 billion.” ** In January 2022, Bloomberg reported that Facebook’s Oculus “dominates the standalone virtual reality headset space. The company’s headsets made up 75% of global shipment...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:01, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page BigTechWiki:About (Created page with "BigTechWiki is a project of the Tech Oversight Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to holding Big Tech accountable by urging lawmakers to support comprehensive antitrust legislation. For more information or to support our work, visit https://techoversight.org/.")
• 18:52, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page American Bar Association (Created page with " ''Presidential transitions using the ABA where captured by industry'' * There were 22 lawyers, professors and economists who served on the American Bar Association Antitrust Section presidential transition report task force. * The American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s transition report task force leadership included William MacLeod and Richard Parker, two corporate antitrust lawyers. ** William MacLeod chaired Kelley Drye’s Antitrust and Competition Practic...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:51, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Governors and Attorney General Associations of Both Parties (Created page with "* Amazon, Google, and Facebook have donated at least a combined total of $3,422,000 to just the Governors And Attorneys Generals Associations of both parties: ** 2017 – 2018: Amazon Donated $375,748 Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, And RAGA. ** 2007 – 2018: Google Donated Over $1.5 Million Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, RAGA. ** 2009 – 2018: Facebook Donated Over $1 Million Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, RAGA.") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:48, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) (Created page with "* PPI was funded in part by Facebook, Google and Amazon. The Washington Examiner noted that Big Tech’s contributions to organizations like PPI were “To defend themselves from public scrutiny and regulation.” * Three of PPI’s board members, Bernard McKay, Bill Budinger and Chris Kelly, were closely aligned with Big Tech. Bernard Kelly was a board member for the Computers and Communications Industry Association as well as a board member at the Information Technolog...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:47, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Links to Americas for Tax Reform and ALEC (Created page with "* Active lobbying in North Dakota * 2021: A bill introduced in the North Dakota legislature sought to crack down on Apple and Google’s anticompetitive conduct in their app stores. * New York Times reported that Koch Network Group Americans for Prosperity sided with Apple and Google against the app store antitrust bill in North Dakota. * ALEC lobbied North Dakota legislators to vote against the app store antitrust bill. * Americans for Tax Reform lobbied Arizona legisl...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:44, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Information Technology And Innovation Foundation (ITIF) (Created page with "* ITIF is a Big Tech funded think tank that often reflects the industry’s viewpoints. Its website says it received funding in excess of 5K in the most recent fiscal year from Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. * ITIF opposed Lina Khan’s confirmation to be FTC chair and Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation to lead DOJ’s antitrust division. * ITIF opposed the bipartisan Senate bill cracking down on self-preferencing and issued a report saying the practice was actually g...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:43, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Global Antitrust Institute (Created page with "* Global Antitrust Institute At George Mason University received at least a combined total of $725,000 from Google and Amazon alone, $500,000 of which was donated in 2017 – 2018. Facebook also disclosed working with The Global Antitrust Institute in 2019. * Global Antitrust Institute's leader Joshua Wright was a former Federal Trade Commissioner and previously worked at a lobbying firm hired by Google. * The Institute held seminars and training for public regulators an...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:43, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page New American Foundation (Created page with "* New American Foundation received more than $21 million from Google. * In 2017, New American chastised its in-house Open Markets Institute for praising a European antitrust settlement against Google – a move that backfired. * New America's board included a bipartisan mix of former elected and federal officials, including former New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez and former Pennsylvania Congressman Chris Carney. * Open Markets Institute subsequently split off from New...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:43, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Future Privacy Forum (Created page with "* The Future Privacy Forum received funding from Google, Amazon, and Facebook. * The Forum backed the recent passage of the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act. ** The bill passed with bipartisan support but was criticized as too "industry-friendly," as it protected big tech from ordinary Virginians filing lawsuits regarding their data use and sale. ** An estimated 70 percent of all internet traffic data flows through servers in Virginia, giving the bill nationwide implic...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:31, 15 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Sidebar (Created page with " * SEARCH * navigation * Big Tech **Big Tech, Lobbying, and Proxy Organizations Funded By Big Tech ***Trade/Proxy Organizations funded by Big Tech ****TechNet ****ACT - the App Association ****Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) ****NetChoice ****Consumer Technology Association (CTA) ****Developers Alliance ****Internet Association ****Portable Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA) ****New York Coalition for Independent Work **...")
• 21:37, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Financial Innovation Now (FIN) (Created page with "* Financial Innovation Now is a coalition of tech companies operating in the financial services sector. Its members include Amazon, Google and Facebook. * The group was formed by Brian Peters, a lobbyist for the Franklin Square Group who is registered to lobby the federal government for Amazon, Google and Facebook. * Financial Innovation Now was formed in 2015 to push back against calls by the big banks for regulation of tech firms getting into the financial services ind...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:37, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Connected Commerce Council (Created page with "* Connected Commerce Council (3C) is a small business front group for Big Tech. The group counts Amazon, Facebook and Google as partners. * The group was formed by Jake Ward, who had previously founded the Application Developers Alliance, another group which counts Google and Facebook as members. * 3C’s tax filings show its address is listed as the office of the Washington DC lobbying firm it pays to lobby the federal government on its behalf. * Connected Commerce Coun...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:37, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Chamber Progress (Created page with "* Chamber of Progress was formed in 2021 by Google’s former top lobbyist, with backing from Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. The group was formed to back key pieces of the progressive agenda, as a way to get back in lawmakers’ good graces and help fend off tech regulation. * Chamber of Progress was called out by both sides of the aisle for being a “transparent ploy” to bamboozle lawmakers and camouflage Big Tech’s true intentions. * Chamber of Progress defen...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:36, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) (Created page with "* The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is comprised of, and funded by, Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. * CCIA works to defend Big Tech companies from criticism: ** CCIA created separate organizations to advocate for Big Tech through researchpapers and communications support. These include Springboard and the Disruptive Competition Project. As the House sought to pass antitrust legislation against Big Tech, these orga...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:36, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Download Fairness Coalition (Created page with "* In 2019, Apple Disclosed It Was A Member Of The Download Fairness Coalition, Which Apple Defined As A "Trade Association," But The Organization Was Previously Housed In The Lobbying Firm Signal Consulting's Office. * The Download Fairness Coalition's Website is defunct as of April 2021; however archived website records listed Apple, Amazon, and prominent trade association TechNet were members in 2019. ** Amazon did disclose supporting the Download Fairness Coalition on...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:35, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page American Edge (Created page with "* In 2020 Facebook Launched American Edge, A Dark-Money Astroturf Group Designed To Combat Potential Federal Regulations. * American Edge obscured its donors by forming as a nonprofit, then launching an affiliated social welfare group that could legally push political messages through advertising and other means. * American Edge was formed to oppose antitrust legislation and promote big tech interests amid growing scrutiny of U.S. tech companies and political pressure t...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:35, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page New York Coalition for Independent Work (Created page with "* In December 2020, TechNet And Internet Association (whose membership included Amazon) announced they were working with the New York Coalition for Independent Work. ** The Coalition claimed to work on behalf of app-based contractors to defend their right to flexibility while also working to provide them with benefits. The Coalition ran Letters to the Editors and Op-eds in local newspapers supposedly written by ride-sharing workers defending the flexibility of gig-based...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:35, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Portable Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA) (Created page with "* Portable Rechargeable Battery Association Counted Apple And Amazon As Members. ** PRBA has not registered federal lobbying activity since 2013. ** PRBA hosted annual member regulatory meetings, including one in November 2020 that included Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency officials as featured speakers, effectively giving its members direct access. ** PRBA submitted public comments to federal regulatory bodies. ** PRBA's Executive Directo...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:34, 14 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 21:02, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Progress on App Store Competition Issues (Created page with "* Apple has faced international scrutiny over their in-app fees and ban on alternate payment systems in their App Store. In August 2021, South Korea passed a law to rein in their monopolies which experts believed could serve as a model for other countries seeking to crack down on the companies. The law would bar Apple and Google from requiring in-app payment systems and exclusivity with developers. ** Following South Korea’s passage of the law, Reuters reported that In...") Tag: Visual edit
• 21:00, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Klobuchar-Grassley's, American Innovation & Choice Online Act (AICO) (Created page with "American Innovation & Choice Online Act (AICO) Support * AICO was introduced in the Senate with strong bipartisan support: ** Republican Grassley and Democrat Klobuchar led the bill. ** The bill’s original cosponsors included 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans. ** Republican Rep. Ken Buck said claims that the bills were “democratic bills” were “false.” * In Sep. 2021, a bipartisan majority of state AGs called for an update to the nation’s antitrust laws and pass...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:59, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Biden Administration Executive Order on Competition (Created page with "Biden Executive Order on Competition Met With Strong, Widespread Praise and Support * Farmers and agriculture advocates including The American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Family Action Alliance, and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association praised Biden’s Executive Order on competition for taking on Big Ag and leveling the playing field for independent farmers. * Advocates also highlighted the right-to-repair measure in the Order, which will disrupt repair monopolies that...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:58, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Jonathan Kanter and the DOJ (Created page with "Support For The Nomination of Jonathan Kanter As Assistant Attorney General For The Antitrust Division * President Joe Biden’s nomination of Jonathan Kanter has been met favorably from Democratic lawmakers, journalists, progressive advocates, and even some notable conservatives: * Kanter largely sailed through his confirmation hearing October 6, where he was met with positive bipartisan praise. * Kanter’s nomination was endorsed by Democratic lawmakers in both house...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:57, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech Attempt to Poach FTC Staff (Created page with "The FTC Is Hiring Up for a Regulatory Revolution as Big Tech Tries to Poach Its Staff * In 2021, Big Tech has continued to poach FTC staff. LinkedIn and Google searches identified at least 11 FTC attorneys who left for Big Tech companies, law firms representing Big Tech, or Big Tech-funded groups. * From 2015 to 2018, more than 40 FTC staff left to work for tech companies. * Under Lina Khan’s leadership, the FTC has scaled up hiring, posting more than a dozen openings...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:56, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Small Business Support for Lina Khan (Created page with "* In August 2021, Small Business Majority, an organization representing more than 85,000 small businesses nationwide, was part of a coalition of groups that praised the Biden Administration for appointing Lina Khan to a key role in the administration. * In November 2021, Small Business Majority defended Khan against attacks from the US Chamber of Commerce and praised her for defending small businesses from the chronic abuses of monopolies that the US chamber represents....") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:55, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Lina Khan and the FTC (Created page with " Lina Khan is a widely hailed advocate and legal scholar who has redefined antitrust policy and created a clear vision for a modernized FTC. * In 2018, Politico Magazine’s 50 Influential Idea’s List described Khan as the “the leader of the new school of thought” that recognized tech monopolies as the facilitators of widespread societal harms with consequences beyond labor and consumer exploitation. * In 2021 Khan made Time 100’s Influential People list. Senat...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:54, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 20:51, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Sundar Pichai (Created page with "* After the New York Times reported that Google had protected at least three Google executives with sexual harassment complaints against them in 2018, Pichai acknowledged that 48 people had been fired for sexual misconduct in the past two years. After employees argued that his statement failed to take true accountability, Pichai apologized for his initial statement, which “wasn’t enough.” * Pichai promised to support a November 2018 employee walkout, but after the...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:49, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Adam Kovacevich (Created page with "* 3/29/21: Former Google Public Policy Head Adam Kovacevich launched Chamber of Progress, which he said was a center-left coalition that would focus on advocating for progressive policies. * Chamber of Progress’ initial partners companies included Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Zillow, DoorDash, Instacart and other big tech companies. * Adam Kovacevich led Google’s public policy strategy and external affairs team for 15 years. ** Wall Street Journal Reporte...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:48, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Jeff Dean (Created page with "* During high school, Dean developed software that allowed epidemiologists doing field work to analyze their data sets “26 times faster” than what professionals were using at the time. Dean’s software was adopted by the Center For Disease Control and translated into 13 languages. * Dean joined Google in the early 2000s and helped write the code that allowed Google to double its computing capacity. Dean was described as a “leader” during that time. * Dean helped...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:46, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Susan Wojcicki (Created page with "* Wojcicki was Google’s 16th employee, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded the company out of her garage. She is very close to Page, which ensures her job security, and her sister was married to Brin. * Wojcicki started out working on Google’s ad programs, developing AdWords, overseeing Google Video, and supporting the acquisition of YouTube and DoubleClick. She also advocated in favor of serving ads across Google platforms based on user searches. * Unlike other t...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:44, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Ben Gomes (Created page with "* Gomes was known for helping the early Google team make major decisions ** Gomes joined Google in 2002. ** Gomes was called Google’s “Search Czar” and considered “one of the founders of Google search.” ** During the early days of Google, Marissa Mayer described Gomes as Google’s “diplomat” who could “help build bridges” between the personalities and opinions among Google executives. ** Gomes was the head of Google search from 2008-2020 and helped cre...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:41, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Larry Page (Created page with "* Although Larry Page stepped down from his day-to-day responsibilities at Alphabet Inc. in 2019, he remained on the board, and, with his co-founder Sergey Brin, remain the controlling shareholders at Alphabet with over 51 percent of the total shareholder voting power. ** Page was the single shareholder with the most voting power at Alphabet, having 1.3 percentage points more voting power than his co-founder, Sergey Brin. ** Page and Brin owned only 11.4 percent of Alpha...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:39, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Kent Walker (Created page with "* Walker, who has worked at Google since 2006 and is now Chief Legal Counsel and VP of Global Affairs, has consolidated power at the company and now oversees a broad portfolio handling virtually every controversial issue. He has been described as risk-averse and preferring to shun the spotlight. * Walker has spent years defending Google’s monopoly in the U.S. and European Union, arguing that Google increases competition, not stifles it. He has said that the DOJ’s law...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:38, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 20:37, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Biden Administration Ties (Created page with "* Alphabet was a client of Deputy Counsel to the President and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council Jonathan Cedarbaum when he was a partner at the law firm of WilliamHale. ** Cedarbaum represented Google in Google Inc V. USA. This was a federal anti-trust case that upheld Google must pay $22.5 million in damages for planting tracking cookies on Apple’s Safari browser. * At least eight Biden administration officials own between $1,001-$50,000 in Alphabet stoc...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:36, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 20:33, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 20:15, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 20:14, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:04, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 20:03, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Facebook's Government Influence (Created page with "* Senior Biden officials have provided consulting services to Facebook. Secretary of State Tony Blinken provided “advisory services” regarding how countries are responding to cyber-attacks. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar provided “legal services” to Facebook. * From 2018 to 2020 Jeffrey Zients, Coordinator of the White House’s response to Covid-19 and Counselor to the President, was a member of Facebook’s Board of Directors. ** Zients has made hundreds of t...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:02, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 19:59, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Michael McConnell (Created page with "* Michael McConnell is a professor at Stanford Law School and a former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. He has published widely in the fields of constitutional law, specifically on the separation of church and state. He has had many positions at universities, government agencies, and law firms. * McConnell is a scholar on the separation of church and state, but he has often used his legal knowledge to fight against the separation of church and state. In 1996, Michael...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:55, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Evelyn Aswad (Created page with "* Evelyn Aswad is a law professor at the University Of Oklahoma, researching corporate responsibility and freedom of expression. Before becoming a professor, Aswad spent 14 years as an attorney with the U.S. Department of State, most recently as the director of the Office of Human Rights and Refugees. At the State Department, Aswad was a legal adviser for U.S. delegations in multiple forms. In her position at the University of Oklahoma, Aswad taught classes on Internatio...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:55, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page John Samples (Created page with "* Samples is a member of the Oversight Board and the vice president of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. He has authored several books and is currently working on a book about social media and speech regulation, updating his policy analysis on “why government should not regulate content moderation for social media.” Prior to joining the Cato Institute, Samples worked as director of the Georgetown University Free Press and Vice President of the Twentieth C...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:54, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Jamal Greene (Created page with "* Greene, a co-chair of the Oversight Board, is a constitutional law expert and professor of law at Columbia Law School. He recently published a book called “How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart.” He is a frequent commentator on constitutional law and the Supreme Court, and has written pieces in the New York Times, Slate, the New York Daily News, and the Los Angeles Times. In 2019, he was a legal aide to then-Senator Kamala Ha...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:53, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 19:52, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Suzanne Nossel (Created page with "* Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, a nonprofit organization that works to defend free expression around the world. Nossel’s family escaped Nazi Germany and relocated to South Africa in the 1930s. She grew up in Scarsdale, New York. In high school, she advocated for the rights of Jewish people living in the Soviet Union. Nossel received her bachelor’s and JD from Harvard University. Nossel then started her career as an associate at McKinsey and worked for the...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:51, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Chris Cox (Created page with "* Cox Is A Close Lieutenant Of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg And Is One Of The Longest-Running Executives At The Company. Cox has been a Facebook employee since 2005, aside from a year’s leave in 2019, and was one of the company’s first employees. He was one of the first 15 software engineers and one of the first 50 employees at the company. * As chief product officer, Cox is considered one of the most important executives in the company and worked closely with Zucker...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:50, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Andrew "Boz" Bozworth (Created page with "* Andrew Bosworth joined Facebook as the head of the firm’s advertising division in 2006. Since then he has become a close confidant of Mark Zuckerberg and is a staunch defender of the Big Tech firm, despite numerous scandals. ** Just 6 days after the Pulse Nightclub massacre, Bosworth wrote a memo arguing that any harm–including terrorist attacks, cyberbullying, and data breaches–caused by Facebook was justified because it was in service of Facebook’s mission of...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:49, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Adam Mosseri (Created page with "* Mosseri was promoted to head of Instagram after the app’s founders left the company due to tension with Mark Zuckerberg regarding how much control Facebook exerted over Instagram. Mosseri was a long-time Zuckerberg loyalist and his move to Instagram was seen as part of Zuckerberg’s effort to consolidate control over the app. Mosseri seemed to align better with Zuckerberg’s vision of aggressive growth, even at the expense of ethical considerations. * Mosseri oppos...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:47, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Joel Kaplan (Created page with "* Kaplan, born in 1969, grew up in Weston, Massachusetts, a suburb 20 miles west of Boston. * Kaplan earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard, where he dated Sheryl Sandberg. * After college, Kaplan joined the U.S. Marines Corp and served as an artillery officer. * Kaplan then graduated from Harvard Law School before clerking for a U.S. Court of Appeals judge and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. * Kaplan then began working for George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:45, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Sheryl Sandberg (Created page with "* After the January 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Sandberg denied Facebook held responsibility for the attacks: “‘I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our abilities to stop hate, don’t have our standards, and don’t have our transparency.” * Experts, however, found the Capitol attacks were organized on Facebook. One report found “Calls to 'occupy Congress' were rampant on Facebook in the weeks leading up to the dead...") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:42, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 18:59, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Apple and the Biden Administration (Created page with "* One of Biden’s top advisors, Cynthia Hogan, worked as the top lobbyist for Apple, Inc. from 2016-2020. Hogan left her role as Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs at Apple, Inc. to join the Biden campaign and his vice presidential selection team. ** Hogan’s work for Apple, Inc. included lobbying the House, Senate, and Department of the Treasury for “corporate tax reform” in 2017, when the Republican corporate tax cuts were written. She contin...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:58, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 18:49, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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 Btw admin talk contribs created page 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
• 18:48, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Amazon and the Auto Industry (Created page with "* Amazon was already making in-roads in the auto industry and had the most to gain from AV deliveries. In June 2020, Amazon acquired Zoox for $1.2 billion to design autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. In December 2018, Zoox Inc. received the first California permit to transport vehicles in self-driving cars. * In October 2020, Amazon  unveiled its first all-electric van built by electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian, with an expected 10,000 vans on roads as soon as 2022,...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:47, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Amazon's Government Influence (Created page with "* Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of White House Senior Counselor Steve Ricchetti was paid $150,000 to be a lobbyist for Amazon to lobby Congress on online marketing regulations and the minimum wage. ** White House Counsel has developed a framework so that Steve Ricchetti can still work on legislation while his brother’s firm continues to be active. * Jaime Gorelick who is on Amazon’s Board of Directors was also on the Board of Trustees of the Urban Institute when Specia...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:46, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Amazon and Small Business (Created page with "* Amazon’s monopoly has allowed it to raise fees on third-party sellers by 11% from 2015 to 2020. Additionally, Amazon uses data from its third-party sellers to launch competing products and undercut the work of small businesses. Third-party sellers have reported that Amazon can arbitrarily suspend their accounts, leading to a “death knell.” Because of this, some third-party sellers fear retaliation from Amazon. * In 2018, Amazon and Apple struck a deal that led to...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:46, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Amazon and Consumers (Created page with " '''Self-preferencing as a harm to consumers''' * European Governments Crack Down On Self-Preferencing Behavior From Big Tech * The Italian government fined Amazon $1.3 billion for breaking antitrust law by self- preferencing – incentivizing third-party merchants to use it proprietary fulfillment system. ** In addition to the fine, Italian regulators ordered Amazon to offer third-party merchants the same sales and visibility opportunities as merchants using its fulf...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:42, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and Algorithmic Bias (Created page with "* Recent Movement From U.S. Cities To Push Back On Algorithmic Bias ** District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine introduced a bill to bar companies from using discriminatory algorithms in key areas, including access to employment, education, housing, healthcare, insurance and credit. *** Racine observed that algorithms can “reflect and replicate historical bias, exacerbating existing inequalities and harming marginalized communities.” ** New York City Council...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:39, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and Taxes (Created page with "* A Study By Fair Tax Mark, A British Organization That Certified Businesses For Good Tax Conduct, Found That Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, And Microsoft Had A Combined “Tax Gap” Of More Than $100 Billion From 2010 To 2019. * “Tax Gap” Referred To The Difference Between A Company’s Tax Provisions, Or Amount They Set Aside For Taxes In Their Financial Reports, And The Amount They Actually Paid To The Government. * 2010 – 2017: The Six Companies Exa...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:37, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech as the New Big Tobacco (Created page with "* REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS BEGAN TO VIEW BIG TECH IN THE LIGHT BIG TOBACCO WAS, WITH ONE SAYING THE COMPARISON WAS “AN APPROPRIATE ANALOGY” ** Lawmakers like Republicans Ken Buck and Cynthia Lummis and Democrat Ed Markey compared Facebook and Big Tech to Big Tobacco. Markey described Instagram as “that first childhood cigarette, meant to get teens hooked early.” Lummis agreed that comparing Facebook and Big Tech to Big Tobacco was an “appropriate analogy.” R...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:25, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech Lying to Congress (Created page with "* Big Tech ** 2018: Senate Intelligence Committee Report Concluded That Social Media Companies Including Facebook, Twitter & Google “Misrepresented Or Evaded” In Statements To Congress About Russian Influence. * Facebook ** 2021: Facebook Exec Claimed No Internal Concealment Of Docs – Later Reporting Showed Facebook Locking Down Internal Message Boards. ** 2021: Blumenthal: Facebook Provided “Clearly Evasive And Misleading Answers” On Teen Mental Health And...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:23, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and Anti-Vax Misinformation (Created page with "* COVID vaccine misinformation continues to proliferate on social media and has driven down vaccination rates, leading to a major uptick in COVID cases in the U.S. * The World Health Organization has ranked vaccine hesitancy as a top threat to global health. The U.S. Surgeon General said misinformation on COVID vaccines presented “a clear and present danger” to those who needed to be protected from COVID. Dr. Fauci went so far as to say that Smallpox and Polio wouldn...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:18, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and Spanish Language Misinformation (Created page with "* Big Tech Companies Have Enabled Spanish Language Misinformation To Spread Across Social Media, Prompting Outrage From Activists And Lawmakers. ** Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have made it easy to share dangerous misinformation online, and the issue has only worsened due to the polarized political climate in the United States. While big tech companies have made strides to combat the spread of misinformation, their efforts have fallen short...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:17, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Lack of Latinos in Big Tech (Created page with "* Apple ** Since releasing workforce demographic data in 2014, Hispanic and Latino workers have consistently been underrepresented in tech & leadership roles at Apple. ** 2014 data found that only 6% of Apple executives were Latino, while 64% were white. ** 2015 data once again found that Apple leadership was overwhelmingly white, and that company had failed to increase Hispanic representation in its workforce. Wired: Apple remained “mostly male and white, especially a...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:12, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and Climate (Created page with "All Four Big Tech Companies Are Major Purveyors Of Climate Misinformation: * Amazon: In 2021, Amazon’s algorithm promoted books denying the existence of climate change. * Apple: Apple does not allow users to report episodes in its Podcasts app for misinformation. A search of “climate change fake,” “climate change hoax,” and “climate scam” in the Podcasts app yielded episodes promoting climate misinformation. Additionally, one of the Top 100 Podcasts episod...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:11, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Small Business Support of Regulation (Created page with "* Hundreds of thousands of independent and small businesses have joined together to back antitrust and enforcement. ** Apr. 2021: Small Business Rising (SBR), a coalition of 150,000 small & independent businesses across the country, launched to urge congress pass stricter antitrust laws. ** Oct. 2021: Main Street Against Big Tech (MSABT) launched to debunk big tech’s cynical PR efforts and show how small business owners were at the mercy of dominant corporations. *** T...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:10, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and Regulation (Created page with "* SENATORS KLOBUCHAR AND GRASSLEY INTRODUCED A BILL TO KEEP BIG TECH FROM USING THEIR DOMINANCE TO SQUELCH COMPETITION AND DISADVANTAGE RIVALS KLOBUCHAR AND GRASSLEY’S BILL WAS WIDELY SUPPORTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, WITH 5 REPUBLICANS AND 5 DEMOCRATS CO-SPONSORING IT ** Klobuchar and Grassley introduced the ‘American Innovation And Choice Online Act’ (AICOA) which would create rules for dominant tech platforms to prevent anti-competitive behavior. A CNBC head...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:08, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Further Concerns (Created page with "* Lawmakers, regulators and even bank lobby groups like the Consumer Bankers Association have expressed concerns that due to Big Tech’s foray into financial services, a growing share of banking activity has occurred outside the purview of regulators, putting consumers and the resiliency of the financial system at risk. * Regulators worried Big Tech was too big to fail and could cause the next financial collapse Companies like Amazon and Google host most banking activit...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:07, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Consumer Financial Bureau Regulation (Created page with "* In October 2021, CFPB issued an order to Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon to compel them to turn over information on their payments systems. * The CFPB raised antitrust concerns with Big Tech’s dive into payments and wanted to make sure the companies didn’t “squelch” smaller competitors. * CFPB Director Rohit Chopra worried the US could become like China, where consumers have lost the ability to choose which payments app they use because Tech Giants AliPay an...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:06, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Apple Card and Apple Pay (Created page with "* In 2019, Apple Card, a partnership with Goldman Sachs was accused of discriminating against women, with customers complaining on Twitter that women were granted lower credit limits than men, including married couples with only joint bank accounts. * A NY Department of Financial Services investigation concluded in March 2021 and found that Apple Card did not intentionally discriminate against women. * While Apple Pay, according to the Financial Times, has “attracted l...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:05, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Facebook Libra/Crypto (Created page with "* Facebook had to rebrand its crypto project amid a series of setbacks, including major financial backers dropping out over regulatory concerns. The crypto project also has faced bipartisan criticism from US regulators and lawmakers. * President Trump argued Libra would have little standing or dependability and said Facebook should be subject to banking regulations. * Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, said he was concerned Facebook’s cryptocurrency would...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:01, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Amazon (Created page with "* According to CNBC, the company’s plan to brand the accounts under the names of partner banks showed their key motivation was customer data and being able to see what consumers spend their money on in order to get a leg up on Amazon in the online search battle. * The checking accounts were never actually launched and were scrapped in October 20201 after several missed deadlines. * In July 2016, Amazon joined Wells Fargo to offer private student loans to prime members,...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:59, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech entering Financial Services (Created page with "* According to CNBC, tech giants leap into the financial services sector has been more of a “slow creep than big strides,” with the companies mostly adding services that are peripheral to banking. * The tech giants have faced numerous obstacles along the way, with consumers growing increasingly skeptical over providing large technology companies with their personal information. * And while they’ve pushed deeper into the financial sector, Big Tech has tried to avoid...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:58, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Google Pay (Created page with "* While Google is the subject of antitrust allegations over its digital advertising business in the US, in other parts of the world, it has faced allegations of unfairly promoting its payments app, Google Pay. * In India, Google is being investigated by India’s antitrust body for abusing its market power to promote Google Pay, as well as for forcing App developers to use Google Pay. * Google also faced controversy in India when for 8 hours it pulled from its App Store...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:57, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Possible Solutions (Created page with "* Outlets and institutions believed national security would be strengthened if Big Tech was broken up and regulated. Fears had grown that market concentration in Big Tech meant Americans were less able to compete with foreign rivals because it meant “less competition and therefore less innovation.” In a fractured tech market, it was believed the various companies would use various resources, develop domestic capacities or if nothing else, choose not to work with Chin...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:55, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Hacks and Vulnerabilities as a Security Threat (Created page with "* A hack at one of the big tech companies could “derail everyday life” or “even compromise public safety, in fundamental ways.” As AI increasingly matured, hacking was expected to get easier, stealthier and more widespread. It was estimated that hackers would increase their use of AI and automation in the years ahead and use AI to create intelligent malware programs and execute stealth attacks. More concerning, the proliferation of AI was thought to lead to an in...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:54, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Disinformation and Big Tech as a Security Threat (Created page with "* Disinformation was a major national security threat due to its ability to boost our adversaries and sow discord and division in America. The American Security Project posited that the propagation of disinformation “could work towards increasing Russian and Chinese spheres of influence.” They further stated that disinformation risked “negatively impacting the U.S.’s standing in the world a global leader and cooperative partner. The New Yorker described online di...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:18, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Adversaries (Created page with "* AI was expected to be at the heart of the future of warfare, espionage and other defense systems. AI was predicted to have “transformative implications” for military weaponry, espionage and was considered key to advancing cyber defense. Harvard’s Belfast Center said AI would “dramatically augment autonomous weapons and espionage capabilities. The Belfast Center believed AI would “represent a key aspect of future military power. Defense One noted that AI was...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:14, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech and National Security (Created page with "* Multiple scholars and institutions had noted the risk big tech posed to America’s national security. * Columbia University said the size and dominance of American tech companies were “part of the problem” when it came to the implications of their products on national security. The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace said Big Tech companies had “taken many actions that contravene[d] U.S. interests, then relied on their clout to avoid accountability.” St...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:10, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Attempt to Influence Trade Policy (Created page with "* Big Tech has supported the major trade deals of the last few years, including the TPP, USMCA, and the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Agreement. Big Tech has also voiced support for Section 230-like language in the latter two agreements, even as bipartisan lawmakers criticized this language. * USTR and USITC both put out public facing documents praising Big Tech’s support for the TPP and arguing it was reason to approve the agreement. * Big Tech executives have been appointed t...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:10, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Ties to the Biden Administration (Created page with "* The Washington Post reported that “dozens” of administration officials have ties to the big tech industry. * Thirteen Biden aides have directly worked at Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Lyft, Microsoft, Twitter, and Uber. * Out of all of Big Tech, Facebook has the most officials who have worked with them in some capacity, followed by Alphabet.") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:09, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech's lobbying vs other Toxic Industries (Created page with "* Since 2000, the four largest Big Tech companies – Amazon, Apple, Alphabet/Google, and Facebook – have spent $465,026,307 on federal lobbying. ** $434,474,221 of that total has come since 2010. * Additionally, nine groups that the four Big Tech companies fund have spent $98,061,827 on federal lobbying since 2000. ** $80,400,019 of that total has come since 2010. * Big Tech’s federal lobbying total eclipses that of other major toxic industries: ** Since 2010, the n...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:08, 11 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Big Tech's Influence on Associations (Created page with " '''Governors and Attorney General Associations of Both Parties''' * Amazon, Google, and Facebook have donated at least a combined total of $3,422,000 to just the Governors And Attorneys Generals Associations of both parties: ** 2017 – 2018: Amazon Donated $375,748 Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, And RAGA. ** 2007 – 2018: Google Donated Over $1.5 Million Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, RAGA. ** 2009 – 2018: Facebook Donated Over $1 Million Between The DGA, RGA, DAGA, RAG...") Tag: Visual edit
• 23:37, 10 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Think Tanks Receiving Money to Influence Public Policy/Research (Created page with "Test text")
• 22:47, 10 February 2022 Btw admin talk contribs created page Trade/Proxy Organizations funded by Big Tech (Created page with "Test text here")
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