Worker Rights
Michael Connor
Investor Brief on the Impact of Digital Tech on ...

Open MIC and ICCR recently collaborated to release “Dehumanization, Discrimination and Deskilling: The Impact of Digital Tech on Low-Wage Workers.” The investor brief explores how surveillance tech, algorithmic management systems, displacement by AI and automated hiring tools contribute to increased workplace discrimination, diminished autonomy, and reduced job quality.

Investor Brief on the Impact of Digital Tech on Low-Wage Workers
Artificial Intelligence, Shareholder Engagement
Jessica Dheere
Open MIC Refiles Shareholder Proposal at ...

Encouraged by strong votes at AI companies, as well as Microsoft’s inaugural Responsible AI Transparency Report, Open MIC and partners seek to build momentum for more disclosure and remediation of AI risks. 

Open MIC Refiles Shareholder Proposal at Microsoft Calling for Annual Report on Mitigation of AI Risks
Press Releases
Jessica Dheere
2024 Shareholder Votes Send Strong Message to ...

Investors in Meta Inc. and Alphabet Inc. used votes at their recent annual meetings to highlight serious concerns about the deployment of generative artificial intelligence (gAI) technology and its potential to generate harmful disinformation and misinformation. A shareholder proposal at Meta won 56.3% of the independent shareholder vote, while a similar proposal at Alphabet won 45.7% of the independent shareholder vote.

2024 Shareholder Votes Send Strong Message to Meta and Alphabet Regarding Artificial Intelligence
Press Releases
Jessica Dheere
Majority of Independent Shareholders Support ...

At Meta’s annual meeting last week, a majority of independent shareholders (53.6%), representing $635 billion in market cap, voted in favor of a proposition demanding more disclosure of the costs and risks associated with the development and deployment of generative AI products. Alphabet shareholders will vote on a similar resolution this Friday.

Majority of Independent Shareholders Support More Disclosure, Accountability at META for Generative AI; Alphabet Up Next
Press Releases
Jessica Dheere
Shareholders Prepare to Vote on Handling of ...

Over the next two weeks, shareholders at Meta and Alphabet will vote on first-time resolutions calling for more disclosure on the costs and risks of generative AI to the company and society, and on how the companies are mitigating those risks. To date, neither company reports on how well it adheres to the promises it makes with regard to AI, a trend with a long precedent in the social media era.

Shareholders Prepare to Vote on Handling of Generative AI by Meta and Alphabet Amid Global Information Integrity Concerns

Civil Rights

Shareholders Target Social Media Ad Buyers Over Civil Rights Concerns for First Time

Shareholders Target Social Media Ad Buyers Over Civil Rights Concerns for First Time

For the first time, shareholder resolutions have been filed with companies that advertise or manage major ad budgets on Facebook and other social media companies, citing concerns with how advertisers may have inadvertently financed the spread of white supremacy, disinformation, voter suppression, government censorship, and more on social media platforms. The resolutions—filed with top online advertiser Home Depot and ad agency holding company Omnicom—call on the companies to commission third-party reports investigating whether their ad buys contribute to “violations of civil or human rights” on social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

Senators Ask Facebook’s Zuckerberg to Address Civil and Human Rights Concerns Ahead of 2020 Election

Senators Ask Facebook’s Zuckerberg to Address Civil and Human Rights Concerns Ahead of 2020 Election

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Robert Menendez, Kamala Harris and Richard Blumenthal today released the text of a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg which echoes shareholder concerns over the social media platform’s policy regarding disinformation, “specifically as it pertains to hate speech, discriminatory targeting and the threats such disinformation poses to civil rights and voting rights in advance of the 2020 election.”

Relentlessly Reckless: Does Amazon Care that its Customers use its Surveillance Tech to Violate Human Rights?

Relentlessly Reckless: Does Amazon Care that its Customers use its Surveillance Tech to Violate Human Rights?

After Amazon tried—and failed—to block a resolution filed by shareholders asking the company’s Board of Directors to conduct an independent review of the effectiveness of Amazon’s customer due diligence process, including whether customers’ use of Amazon products results in human rights violations.

Shareholders Tell Google and Facebook: Confronting Your Civil Rights Failures Includes Fixing Your Boards

Shareholders Tell Google and Facebook: Confronting Your Civil Rights Failures Includes Fixing Your Boards

Citing a host of concerns about social media platforms and their global impact on civil and human rights, shareholders have filed proposals at Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Facebook and Twitter asking the companies to establish Director-level oversight and expertise on those issues. Shareholders are concerned by big tech’s ongoing negligence around enabling racism and discrimination online and threatening the human rights of consumers worldwide.

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