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Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency

25 May 2023
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Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency
25 May 2023
Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency

Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that

17 May 2023

As we enter the 2023 AGM season, we look at what shareholder proposals for Big Tech companies Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta reveal about the companies’ capacity to mitigate risk and ensure accountability for emerging tech like AI.

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Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that
17 May 2023
Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that
Meta Human Rights

How the world’s biggest investors could transform Big Tech

21 Jul 2022

This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) season for the tech sector has come and gone, but the results for Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon tell a surprisingly hopeful story for digital rights advocates.

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How the world’s biggest investors could transform Big Tech
21 Jul 2022
How the world’s biggest investors could transform Big Tech
Musk

What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?

12 May 2022

Elon Musk’s simplistic views of freedom of expression could catapult Twitter from a toxic space to a worse one — especially for those of us tweeting from the margins.

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What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?
12 May 2022
What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?
Indonesia MR5 Amicus Brief

Dear Big Tech: Don’t help Russia deplatform civil society

31 Jan 2022

Russia wants social media platforms to block human rights group OVD-Info. Here’s why they should fight to keep OVD and other rights groups online.

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Dear Big Tech: Don’t help Russia deplatform civil society
31 Jan 2022
Dear Big Tech: Don’t help Russia deplatform civil society
Indonesia MR5 Amicus Brief

Kazakhstan’s plan to require tech platform “localization” opens door to censorship

2 Nov 2021

Access Now urges Kazakhstan’s government to reject a plan to require tech platform localization as it would open the door to censorship.

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Kazakhstan’s plan to require tech platform “localization” opens door to censorship
2 Nov 2021
Kazakhstan’s plan to require tech platform “localization” opens door to censorship
Twitter

Indian government is going after Big Tech for all the wrong reasons

26 May 2021

This year we should have seen a strong, user-focused Data Protection Law enacted in India rather than a broad censorious set of internet control regulations.

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Indian government is going after Big Tech for all the wrong reasons
26 May 2021
Indian government is going after Big Tech for all the wrong reasons