Category: petition

Microsoft employees ask the company to end contracts with Seattle police

Post author By Randall
Post date June 9, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, defund, demands, employees, gear, jenny durkan, kurt delbene, letter, Microsoft, News, petition, police, satya nadella, seattle, Tech

[ad_1] “We are all in agreement that our neighborhood has been turned into [a] warzone escalated by SPD and that our coworkers and leaders need to know what is happening,” the letter reads. “We need awareness and empathy across every level of management asap so that the burden of educating our coworkers doesn’t fall on […]

40 music festivals pledge not to use facial recognition

Post author By Randall
Post date October 24, 2019
Categories In bonnaroo, business, Campaign, coachella, Entertainment, facial recognition, fight for the future, music festivals, petition, rage against the machine, Security, sxsw, Tech, tom morello

[ad_1] Last month, musicians like Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Nahko of Nahko and Medicine for the People, Speedy Ortiz and Thievery Corporation began speaking out against the use of facial recognition at concerts. In a campaign organized by Fight for the Future, artists, fans and activists criticized the use of the technology […]