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A round up of all the latest news updates and press releases from Accountable Tech.

Axios: "'Any company cutting a check to Twitter is endorsing the surging racism, disinformation, and hate Musk has encouraged on his platform,' Accountable Tech executive director Nicole Gill told Axios."

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Politico: "Nicole Gill, co-founder and executive director of tech watchdog group Accountable Tech, said companies are running a two-track campaign. She said they’re making design changes that may make minor safety improvements for kids, 'while at the same time, their government relations teams — up to their CEOs — are directly lobbying Congress and state legislatures to do absolutely nothing to regulate them. And they’re doing this at the detriment to our children.'"

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AP: "But since he took over, Musk has reinstated notorious election deniers, overhauled Twitter’s verification system and gutted much of the staff that had been responsible for moderating posts. Those choices have allowed falsehoods to flourish, said Jesse Lehrich, co-founder of Accountable Tech, a nonprofit watchdog group."

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NPR: "'I have an anxiety disorder, and I have OCD,' Lembke told Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in March 2022, during a roundtable hosted by the nonprofit Accountable Tech. 'I was never warned that entering these online platforms would only amplify the things that I already struggle with.'"

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The Messenger: "Congress’s slowness to deal with those and other major issues related to Big Tech 'certainly undermines our ability to now grapple with something like generative AI, which is moving at such a rapid pace,' said Jesse Lehrich, co-founder and senior advisor at Accountable Tech, a tech watchdog group. "

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Fast Company: "POV: Is OpenAI CEO Sam Altman the new Mark Zuckerberg?"

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Politico: "Nicole Gill, executive director of tech watchdog group Accountable Tech, said the companies 'are directly lobbying Congress and state legislatures to do absolutely nothing to regulate them. And they’re doing this at the detriment to our children.''"

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Gizmodo: "In the climate Musk and Tucker built for themselves, tying your ad money to their projects could generate public condemnation. Representatives from the advocacy groups Free Press, Media Matters, Accountable Tech, and the Center For Countering Digital Hate all told Gizmodo that Carlson’s new show will be even worse for the reputation of any brand that chooses to advertise on Twitter."

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Washington Post: "As Google’s keynote kicked off, a plane flew above the venue and Google’s campus next door with a banner reading: “Protect abortion privacy. HeyGoogle.info.” Advocacy group Accountable Tech told me it organized the stunt to draw attention to its campaign to get Google to collect less sensitive data about people, especially women seeking abortion."

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PCMAG: "The banner itself read 'Protect Abortion Privacy' and directed onlookers to visit heygoogle.info. It came from Accountable Tech, a nonprofit that’s focused on reining in 'big tech' over policies and practices the group argues can be detrimental to democracy. Today's protest focused on Google allegedly storing location data about visits to abortion clinics despite promises to delete it."

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