Sidelined UX Research: Lessons From Meta’s Senate Hearing
Whistleblower testimony reveals how corporate pressure can twist research and undermined its integrity.
digital rights
Who Is Organizing the Tech Workforce?
A few weeks ago in the IX community, we were talking about the tech workforce, particularly in light of recent mass layoffs and protests over Big Tech’s role in supporting Israel’s occupation of Gaza. There was a time when employees at the world’s most powerful tech companies
You Have Data Rights: So Why Are They So Hard To Exercise?
In our main article today, Public Interest Technologist and Senior Product Manager for Permission Slip at Consumer Reports, Sukhi Gulati-Gilbert, breaks down why data rights are so hard to use, how companies make opting out a nightmare, and what privacy tools can do to help consumers take back control.
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Israel and Big Tech
In our main article today, Tech for Palestine explores how Big Tech enables Israel’s occupation—suppressing Palestinian voices, funding apartheid, and supplying military AI. The report details tech’s complicity and outlines steps to dismantle its support for genocide and occupation.
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Mallory at Mobile World Congress, MWC25