“The global spread of COVID-19 has shone a bright spotlight on both the vital need for reliable high-speed internet and the inadequacies of the for-profit, corporate model in delivering it,” begins a new joint report by The Democracy Collaborative and the British think tank Common Wealth. The report details a …
EARTH DAY News: World Leaders Stress Green Recovery Plans
World leaders stress green recovery plans We can start incorporating climate and environmental solutions into recovery plans. Many world leaders have argued as much.
You did it! .ORG has been saved!
“Ethical Markets is relieved at this news that, so far, the non-profit groups’ favorite domain: .org has been saved from being sold to a for profit hedge fund. But as our Advisory Board member Jacob Malthouse, who has led our team in this battle, we must remain vigilant. Thanks to Amy Sample Ward, CEO, …
FW: The DOJ Asks Startup Investors: Are Tech Giants Too Powerfu? Video
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this cutting edge analysis of all the threats of surveillance and personal data ownership that current digital and social media business models pose to our democracy. Several presidential candidates, including Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang and many Republicans now favor breaking up these digital monopolies, …
Guardian”- Internet Dangers” Chandran Nair, 2013
“Ethical Markets highlights the trendspotting of our global Advisory Board member Chandran Nair, founder of GIFT and author of “Consumptionomics” (2011) and other books. Nair’s early warning on all the social costs of un-assessed, unregulated explosion of global internet connectivity are only recently reassessed! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Five dangers …
Much ado about micro-targeted political ads
A monthly series from the Web Foundation Healthy democracy & micro-targeted political ads: you can’t have one with the other The web has transformed political campaigning. Gone are the days when direct mail or the 30-second TV spot were the most powerful tool in a candidate’s box — we’ve entered …
VERGE Weekly: News, Trends & Analysis from GreenBiz
Follow the patents: Are you looking in all the right places for technological solutions to climate change? I can’t possibly enumerate the sheer number of innovation competitions and startup accelerators I have the opportunity to write about on an almost weekly basis, not to mention the Accelerate live-pitch programs that …
Letter from the Executive Director of NAMLE
“Ethical Markets highly recommends NAMLE’s wonderful work on media literacy, which we have helped promote for many years. Now NAMLE is getting the recognition it deserves with new partnerships with PBS and other key groups to promote media literacy, more vital than ever if we are to help citizens and …
In the Age of AI (full film) | FRONTLINE
“This TV program “In the Age of AI“ is a realistic look at how far behind we are in understanding these threats to our privacy and democracies! We need to re-launch the Us Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to research these powerful new technologies (mostly driven by corporate goals of …
Dangers and Questions of The Zuckerberg Era
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this article by our esteemed colleague Roberto Savio, Publisher of OTHER NEWS and co-founder of InterPress Service, on how evolving media have changed the world since Gutenberg and his printing press to today’s misuse of the internet, now privatized, monetized, commercialized and weaponized! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor, …