From Google’s Project Maven protests in 2018 to Amazon and Palantir facing internal dissent over surveillance contracts there is a pattern emerging where highly skilled employees see their work as inseparable from its downstream effects. In Glowski’s words we hear not just a protest against one contract but a larger demand that technology firms actively account for the human impact of their platforms...
From Google’s Project Maven protests in 2018 to Amazon and Palantir facing internal dissent over surveillance contracts there is a pattern emerging where highly skilled employees see their work as inseparable from its downstream effects. In Glowski’s words we hear not just a protest against one contract but a larger demand that technology firms actively account for the human impact of their platforms...