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Aral BalkanAnd here’s the thing: if/when there is another administration, you don’t let these fuckers weasel their way back in by waving their money. They should never have been let in to begin with. The number of fucking “human rights” and “ethical this or that” conferences I refused to speak at because they were sponsored by these assholes comes to mind. I guess being surveillance capitalists and farming people wasn’t bad enough for some folks.Wrote this a decade ago (nothing’s fucking changed): <a href="https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/sponsorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sponsorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/institutionalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#institutionalCorruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ethicsWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ethicsWashing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacyWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#privacyWashing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/@philjreese/114037657970053201" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://mstdn.party/@philjreese/114037657970053201</a>

Aral BalkanWhen posting a link to the <a href="https://w3c.social/@w3c" class="u-url mention">@w3c</a> Ethical Web Principles, please also make sure to link to their members page so we can all see the list of exemplary corporations that adhere to these excellent principles (Meta, Google, TikTok, UnitedHealth, etc.) :<a href="https://www.w3.org/membership/list/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.w3.org/membership/list/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/w3c" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#w3c</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicalWebPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicalWebPrinciples</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ethics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ethicsWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ethicsWashing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bullshit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tiktok</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/unitedHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#unitedHealthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/unitedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#unitedHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/unitedHealthGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#unitedHealthGroup</a>

Aral BalkanHow many of your members violate these policies and what action will you take against them?Google? Meta? Adobe? Microsoft? US Department of Homeland Security? TikTok? IAB? IBM? Oracle? Samsung? Snap? Yahoo!?Or, how about UnitedHealth Group?Hmm? 🤔 <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/w3c" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#w3c</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicalWebPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicalWebPrinciples</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ethicsWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ethicsWashing</a> <a href="https://w3c.social/@w3c/113640062325227269" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://w3c.social/@w3c/113640062325227269</a>

Aral Balkan“Ethics research” at Google, Facebook, etc., is the new “climate change research” at Exxon.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicsInTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicsInTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicsInAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicsInAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicsWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicsWashing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PR</a>

Aral BalkanEthics as PR (or the ‘Some Very Good People Work There!’ Fallacy)<a href="https://ar.al/2021/05/08/ethics-as-pr-or-the-some-very-good-people-work-there-fallacy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://ar.al/2021/05/08/ethics-as-pr-or-the-some-very-good-people-work-there-fallacy/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicsInAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicsInAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EthicsWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EthicsWashing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SurveillanceCapitalism</a>

doctorowRT @1Br0wn@twitter.comWhat should we call such fake ethics boards? If they are all about “performative ethics” or <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ethicswashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethicswashing</a>, an Ethics Theatre or Laundromat? cc @benwagne_r@twitter.com🐦🔗: <a href="https://twitter.com/1Br0wn/status/1122871210616995840" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/1Br0wn/status/1122871210616995840</a>

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