Open MIC
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Open Media and Information Companies Initiative (Open MIC) works to hold companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google & Meta accountable via shareholder engagement.
#shareholderengagement #responsibleinvestment
#shareholderengagement #responsibleinvestment
At #IGF2025 in June, experts from @heartlandorg.bsky.social, BHRRC, @openmicmedia.bsky.social, and UN B-Tech held a roundtable on dual-use tech, used by both civilians + military.
Key takeaways here: https://loom.ly/-h_Wn0k
Key takeaways here: https://loom.ly/-h_Wn0k
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
At #IGF2025 in June, experts from @heartlandorg.bsky.social, BHRRC, @openmicmedia.bsky.social, and UN B-Tech held a roundtable on dual-use tech, used by both civilians + military.
Key takeaways here: https://loom.ly/-h_Wn0k
Key takeaways here: https://loom.ly/-h_Wn0k
Union shareholders are fighting back against abusive AI.
Audrey Mocle of @openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the power shareholders have to hold Big Tech accountable.
More from @inthesetimes.com: https://loom.ly/NZz5RTA
Audrey Mocle of @openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the power shareholders have to hold Big Tech accountable.
More from @inthesetimes.com: https://loom.ly/NZz5RTA
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Union shareholders are fighting back against abusive AI.
Audrey Mocle of @openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the power shareholders have to hold Big Tech accountable.
More from @inthesetimes.com: https://loom.ly/NZz5RTA
Audrey Mocle of @openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the power shareholders have to hold Big Tech accountable.
More from @inthesetimes.com: https://loom.ly/NZz5RTA
Understanding AI: Four-Part Series starts today — 6:00 PM ET
@datasociety.bsky.social is co-hosting a four-part event series exploring the societal implications of #AI.
🌐 Visit the Data & Society website for information and livestream: https://loom.ly/OgpNTyo
@datasociety.bsky.social is co-hosting a four-part event series exploring the societal implications of #AI.
🌐 Visit the Data & Society website for information and livestream: https://loom.ly/OgpNTyo
September 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Understanding AI: Four-Part Series starts today — 6:00 PM ET
@datasociety.bsky.social is co-hosting a four-part event series exploring the societal implications of #AI.
🌐 Visit the Data & Society website for information and livestream: https://loom.ly/OgpNTyo
@datasociety.bsky.social is co-hosting a four-part event series exploring the societal implications of #AI.
🌐 Visit the Data & Society website for information and livestream: https://loom.ly/OgpNTyo
Human Rights | Technology | Artificial Intelligence
Upcoming global events offer insights and opportunities to shape policy on emerging technologies and their impacts on communities around the world 👇
Upcoming global events offer insights and opportunities to shape policy on emerging technologies and their impacts on communities around the world 👇
June 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Human Rights | Technology | Artificial Intelligence
Upcoming global events offer insights and opportunities to shape policy on emerging technologies and their impacts on communities around the world 👇
Upcoming global events offer insights and opportunities to shape policy on emerging technologies and their impacts on communities around the world 👇
"...transparency and accountability can no longer be optional."
One of the key findings in the latest Ranking Digital Rights Index shows that privately owned platforms (like X and TikTok) are failing to provide basic transparency on governance, risks, and corporate responsibility.
One of the key findings in the latest Ranking Digital Rights Index shows that privately owned platforms (like X and TikTok) are failing to provide basic transparency on governance, risks, and corporate responsibility.
June 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"...transparency and accountability can no longer be optional."
One of the key findings in the latest Ranking Digital Rights Index shows that privately owned platforms (like X and TikTok) are failing to provide basic transparency on governance, risks, and corporate responsibility.
One of the key findings in the latest Ranking Digital Rights Index shows that privately owned platforms (like X and TikTok) are failing to provide basic transparency on governance, risks, and corporate responsibility.
📣 Open MIC will attend this year's Internet Governance Forum in Oslo!
@intgovforum.bsky.social is an annual event established by United Nations mandate that brings together governments, NGOs and companies in collaboration to solve pressing issues related to internet governance.
@intgovforum.bsky.social is an annual event established by United Nations mandate that brings together governments, NGOs and companies in collaboration to solve pressing issues related to internet governance.
June 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📣 Open MIC will attend this year's Internet Governance Forum in Oslo!
@intgovforum.bsky.social is an annual event established by United Nations mandate that brings together governments, NGOs and companies in collaboration to solve pressing issues related to internet governance.
@intgovforum.bsky.social is an annual event established by United Nations mandate that brings together governments, NGOs and companies in collaboration to solve pressing issues related to internet governance.
"This proxy season, over 98% of investors have voted in support of maintaining current corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs."
Proposals from right-wing think tank NCPPR have targeted DEI programs at 13 corporations so far. 13 times the proposals have been decisively voted down.
Proposals from right-wing think tank NCPPR have targeted DEI programs at 13 corporations so far. 13 times the proposals have been decisively voted down.
May 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"This proxy season, over 98% of investors have voted in support of maintaining current corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs."
Proposals from right-wing think tank NCPPR have targeted DEI programs at 13 corporations so far. 13 times the proposals have been decisively voted down.
Proposals from right-wing think tank NCPPR have targeted DEI programs at 13 corporations so far. 13 times the proposals have been decisively voted down.
"The AI boom has taken off at an awkward time for the fight against climate change," says journalist @kenzabryan.ft.com.
Despite commitments to clean energy and decarbonization, Big Tech's data centers are increasing our reliance on fossil fuels.
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Despite commitments to clean energy and decarbonization, Big Tech's data centers are increasing our reliance on fossil fuels.
loom.ly/fQssNbg
May 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The AI boom has taken off at an awkward time for the fight against climate change," says journalist @kenzabryan.ft.com.
Despite commitments to clean energy and decarbonization, Big Tech's data centers are increasing our reliance on fossil fuels.
loom.ly/fQssNbg
Despite commitments to clean energy and decarbonization, Big Tech's data centers are increasing our reliance on fossil fuels.
loom.ly/fQssNbg
📺 Panel video from MediaJustice explores the real harms Big Tech data centers are causing to communities, feat. Michael Connor of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of Memphis Community Against Pollution, and Vincent Acuña of @athenaforall.bsky.social and @powerswitchaction.org.
May 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📺 Panel video from MediaJustice explores the real harms Big Tech data centers are causing to communities, feat. Michael Connor of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of Memphis Community Against Pollution, and Vincent Acuña of @athenaforall.bsky.social and @powerswitchaction.org.
Some key takeaways:
-Chinese companies are improving transparency
-Companies are using your data to train AI, and in most cases you can’t opt out
-Surveillance advertising is riskier than ever for human rights
-X saw the largest ranking drop in RDR history after privatization
-Chinese companies are improving transparency
-Companies are using your data to train AI, and in most cases you can’t opt out
-Surveillance advertising is riskier than ever for human rights
-X saw the largest ranking drop in RDR history after privatization
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Some key takeaways:
-Chinese companies are improving transparency
-Companies are using your data to train AI, and in most cases you can’t opt out
-Surveillance advertising is riskier than ever for human rights
-X saw the largest ranking drop in RDR history after privatization
-Chinese companies are improving transparency
-Companies are using your data to train AI, and in most cases you can’t opt out
-Surveillance advertising is riskier than ever for human rights
-X saw the largest ranking drop in RDR history after privatization
The @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social Ranking Digital Rights index, just released this week, ranks major tech companies around the world on more than 300 metrics related to human rights.
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social Ranking Digital Rights index, just released this week, ranks major tech companies around the world on more than 300 metrics related to human rights.
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
📣 Annual meeting season is coming!
Companies like Amazon, Meta and Alphabet have important shareholder proposals up for a vote. AI development is a big issue this year, and we're pushing for more transparency from companies building & deploying AI systems.
Companies like Amazon, Meta and Alphabet have important shareholder proposals up for a vote. AI development is a big issue this year, and we're pushing for more transparency from companies building & deploying AI systems.
April 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📣 Annual meeting season is coming!
Companies like Amazon, Meta and Alphabet have important shareholder proposals up for a vote. AI development is a big issue this year, and we're pushing for more transparency from companies building & deploying AI systems.
Companies like Amazon, Meta and Alphabet have important shareholder proposals up for a vote. AI development is a big issue this year, and we're pushing for more transparency from companies building & deploying AI systems.
Our panel is up for a vote in the @socapglobal.bsky.social Open. We're joining forces with @heartlandorg.bsky.social to create a panel on generative AI's material benefits and material risks.
Session title: Can GenAI Deliver Positive Impact? It Depends.
Session title: Can GenAI Deliver Positive Impact? It Depends.
April 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our panel is up for a vote in the @socapglobal.bsky.social Open. We're joining forces with @heartlandorg.bsky.social to create a panel on generative AI's material benefits and material risks.
Session title: Can GenAI Deliver Positive Impact? It Depends.
Session title: Can GenAI Deliver Positive Impact? It Depends.
Fantastic resource! Invaluable for anyone working in the tech & human rights space.
March 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Fantastic resource! Invaluable for anyone working in the tech & human rights space.
"We currently have the makings of another tech bubble."
Audrey Mocle, Deputy Director of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, challenges the two big promises AI companies keep making: AI will produce major financial returns, and AI will solve the world's problems.
Audrey Mocle, Deputy Director of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, challenges the two big promises AI companies keep making: AI will produce major financial returns, and AI will solve the world's problems.
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"We currently have the makings of another tech bubble."
Audrey Mocle, Deputy Director of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, challenges the two big promises AI companies keep making: AI will produce major financial returns, and AI will solve the world's problems.
Audrey Mocle, Deputy Director of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, challenges the two big promises AI companies keep making: AI will produce major financial returns, and AI will solve the world's problems.
Investors continue to push corporations to support DEI and sustainability, despite the Trump administration's pressure tactics.
@openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the choice tech companies have to make:
@openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the choice tech companies have to make:
March 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Investors continue to push corporations to support DEI and sustainability, despite the Trump administration's pressure tactics.
@openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the choice tech companies have to make:
@openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the choice tech companies have to make:
New report from Valentin Weber and the National Endowment for Democracy explores the ways authoritarian governments use data for social control.
The focus here is on China, but technologies in the U.S. are already primed for the same kind of exploitation.
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The focus here is on China, but technologies in the U.S. are already primed for the same kind of exploitation.
loom.ly/uJVrcuA
March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New report from Valentin Weber and the National Endowment for Democracy explores the ways authoritarian governments use data for social control.
The focus here is on China, but technologies in the U.S. are already primed for the same kind of exploitation.
loom.ly/uJVrcuA
The focus here is on China, but technologies in the U.S. are already primed for the same kind of exploitation.
loom.ly/uJVrcuA
Alphabet is pouring money into data centers, dramatically increasing its GHG emissions.
We're supporting a shareholder resolution filed by Trillium Asset Management and Zevin Asset Management that urges Alphabet to disclose more info on how it plans to meet its climate goals
We're supporting a shareholder resolution filed by Trillium Asset Management and Zevin Asset Management that urges Alphabet to disclose more info on how it plans to meet its climate goals
March 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Alphabet is pouring money into data centers, dramatically increasing its GHG emissions.
We're supporting a shareholder resolution filed by Trillium Asset Management and Zevin Asset Management that urges Alphabet to disclose more info on how it plans to meet its climate goals
We're supporting a shareholder resolution filed by Trillium Asset Management and Zevin Asset Management that urges Alphabet to disclose more info on how it plans to meet its climate goals
New SEC guidelines imposed at the height of proxy season create a serious roadblock for investor advocates.
@iccr.bsky.social, the Shareholder Rights Group, and
@asyousow.bsky.social sent a letter to the SEC requesting that they withdraw the changes, at least until after the 2025 proxy season. 🧵
@iccr.bsky.social, the Shareholder Rights Group, and
@asyousow.bsky.social sent a letter to the SEC requesting that they withdraw the changes, at least until after the 2025 proxy season. 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
New SEC guidelines imposed at the height of proxy season create a serious roadblock for investor advocates.
@iccr.bsky.social, the Shareholder Rights Group, and
@asyousow.bsky.social sent a letter to the SEC requesting that they withdraw the changes, at least until after the 2025 proxy season. 🧵
@iccr.bsky.social, the Shareholder Rights Group, and
@asyousow.bsky.social sent a letter to the SEC requesting that they withdraw the changes, at least until after the 2025 proxy season. 🧵
⌛ One week from today: join @openmicmedia.bsky.social & ICCR for the launch of our investor brief and website: The impact of digital tech on low-wage workers.
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
⌛ One week from today: join @openmicmedia.bsky.social & ICCR for the launch of our investor brief and website: The impact of digital tech on low-wage workers.
🌎Deconstructing ESG ratings🍃
Every agency has their own (usually opaque) scoring procedure, and each decides independently what to capture.
The low correlation between results gives them latitude to cherry-pick which scores to highlight.
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Every agency has their own (usually opaque) scoring procedure, and each decides independently what to capture.
The low correlation between results gives them latitude to cherry-pick which scores to highlight.
loom.ly/QjSLsbU
January 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🌎Deconstructing ESG ratings🍃
Every agency has their own (usually opaque) scoring procedure, and each decides independently what to capture.
The low correlation between results gives them latitude to cherry-pick which scores to highlight.
loom.ly/QjSLsbU
Every agency has their own (usually opaque) scoring procedure, and each decides independently what to capture.
The low correlation between results gives them latitude to cherry-pick which scores to highlight.
loom.ly/QjSLsbU
Microsoft's late-2024 AGM vote shows that a large percentage of shareholders are concerned about AI and human rights: three shareholder proposals received significant vote shares 🧵👇
January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Microsoft's late-2024 AGM vote shows that a large percentage of shareholders are concerned about AI and human rights: three shareholder proposals received significant vote shares 🧵👇
Congress never codified it. The FCC used to enforce it, but can't anymore (and won't, under Trump). Consumers fought to keep it, but ultimately lost.
⚰️ RIP Net Neutrality. You will be missed 😔
January 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congress never codified it. The FCC used to enforce it, but can't anymore (and won't, under Trump). Consumers fought to keep it, but ultimately lost.
⚰️ RIP Net Neutrality. You will be missed 😔
Meta will follow Elon Musk's user-based moderation model, saying that trained fact checkers are "too politically biased."
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January 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Meta will follow Elon Musk's user-based moderation model, saying that trained fact checkers are "too politically biased."
loom.ly/vlsACK8
loom.ly/vlsACK8
Companies need to broaden their idea of #HumanRights or they'll be blindsided by new regulations.
Investment firm @alliancebernstein.bsky.social has advice for companies to mitigate risks "by thinking big and digging deep."
Investment firm @alliancebernstein.bsky.social has advice for companies to mitigate risks "by thinking big and digging deep."
December 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Companies need to broaden their idea of #HumanRights or they'll be blindsided by new regulations.
Investment firm @alliancebernstein.bsky.social has advice for companies to mitigate risks "by thinking big and digging deep."
Investment firm @alliancebernstein.bsky.social has advice for companies to mitigate risks "by thinking big and digging deep."