Once upon a time there was a #TechWontBuildIt movement, what happened to it?
RT @ConMijente@twitter.com
"We must all demand that Palantir stop its unethical practices. Investors must use their financial leverage, workers must speak to executives, legislators must investigate and the streets must protest – loudly and consistently." - @marisa_franco@twitter.com
#NoTechForICE
#TechWontBuildIt https://twitter.com/MijenteComite/status/1301928148448108544
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ConMijente/status/1302015460444000257
#notechforice #techwontbuildit
imho a plurality of ethically-non-neutral licenses could flourish and work...but most likely with the backing of a cross-employer tech worker's union.
consider it like badges--different union members might support different sets of software licenses--maybe there's some floor for union membership like #techwontbuildit/legally defined human rights, but some members might only work with carbon-neutral orgs and others might not
Wayfair employees are walking out to protest cooperation with concentration camps. #TechWontBuildIt https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/06/25/wayfair-employees-plan-walkout-oppose-furniture-sales-migrant-detention-facilities/STcUfJsDN4AXXls0PmJuhN/story.html
RT @martakosmyna@twitter.com
Thousands of engineers, roboticists, and AI experts are behind the campaign to @BanKillerRobots@twitter.com 🚫☠️🤖
When it comes to fully autonomous weapons they say - #TechWontBuildIt
Here's how to take action & get involved:
https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/2019/06/10-ways-for-tech-workers-to-get-involved-2/
@chartier on the other hand, #TechWontBuildIt movement is there for people who *do* stop and question
RT @sashaperigo@twitter.com
A friend of mine who’s a senior engineer just cancelled an interview with @stripe@twitter.com due to their opposition of @OurHomeSF@twitter.com and their work with white supremacist groups. #TechWontBuildIt
RT @ConMijente@twitter.com
Palantir paints itself as a firm founded by open-minded people concerned w/privacy & liberty.
But its tech helps ICE terrorize immigrants & rip families apart.
Palantir workers need to consider the impact they're having & join immigrants in standing up to ICE.
#TechWontBuildIt
#techwontbuildit The latest technologies promise cops the ability to whip out a smartphone, take a snapshot of a passerby, and instantly learn if that person is in an immigration or gang database. https://theintercept.com/2018/07/29/firstnet-att-surveillance/