Ethical Leadership and Governance

We need an U.N.-like body to develop protocols that augment the trust and safety policies for every platform in the metaverse.

Here's why the tech landscape is going through a long-overdue shift, and how you can add to that momentum.

Majorities of U.S. adults believe their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits, and that it is not possible to go through daily life without being tracked.

Doing the right thing can be hard when it’s bad for business.

Tech companies are realizing that artificial intelligence changes power dynamics and as providers of A.I. and machine learning systems, they should proactively consider the ethical impacts of their inventions.

Tech companies need more than advisory boards if they want to create ethical products and services.

Asking tech leaders how to regulate their own industry might be like “asking the foxes how best to guard the henhouse.”

Big tech companies like Google and Microsoft have embraced AI ethics boards and charters, assuring the public that they’re essential to keeping the worst effects of machine learning in control. But are these projects actually helping anyone?

Sam Altman shocked Silicon Valley on Friday when he announced that he was stepping down as the president of Y Combinator, the Valley’s marquee startup accelerator. And now we know what exactly he is trying to do next: Building what he is calling a “capped-profit” company that could be a model in Silicon Valley — where firms are struggling to determine whether they have any responsibilities to the world beyond making money for their shareholders.

Responsible research and innovation is becoming a buzz phraze in tech circles, but what does it actually mean?

That Facebook was willing to defy Apple is a telling sign — and one that regulator should keep in mind as they try to get a handle on the company.

Leaders from Japan, China, Germany and South Africa say that international rules are needed for tech, but there is no consensus on details.

Lawmakers will have to balance ways companies can use data with people’s rights of privacy

The digital revolution is here, but not everyone is benefiting equitably from it. And as Silicon Valley’s ethos of “move fast and break things” spreads around the world, now is the time to pause and consider who is being left out and how we can better distribute the benefits of our new data economy.

Amid rising discontent, Purpose 2.0 can help tech companies rediscover their footing, win back public confidence, and reinvigorate their performance.

How data trusts, collaboratives & coops can help govern data for maximum public benefit

A bill introduced by senators Mark Warner and Josh Hawley would require big tech companies to disclose the data they collect and value it for each user.

Antitrust action alone won’t solve all the problems posed by companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon.

The big tech business model by which users provide personal data in exchange of services is coming to crisis point, with data ownership under heavy scrutiny

With high-profile scandals and the seemingly daily buzz of breaches, scams and exploits, it’s more and more obvious that the data points that make up your online profiles are a hot commodity. Time for the citizenry to take back their personal data and bring back responsibility into the ecosystem.

We’re reaching the endgame of an inevitable showdown between big tech and regulators with a ley battleground around consumer data.

In this excerpt from "The Big Nine," NYU Professor Amy Webb explains the dangers of decision-making AI.

If no one reads the terms and conditions, how can they continue to be the legal backbone of the internet?

The all-seeing Amazon, Google, and Facebook have every incentive to help the national security state undermine privacy, free speech, and democracy. We’ve read this book before.

Antonio Casilli publie l'ouvrage En attendant les robots, enquête sur le travail du clic. Éclairage sur les dessous d'une exploitation 2.0.