Today, the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), released an update to its searchable database tool that shows which organizations have received Big Tech funding since 2015. As part of that update, TTP added Apple-funded groups to the database, which already covers organizations funded by Google, Facebook and Amazon.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report outlining Google’s quiet efforts to build a network of progressives to advance the company’s tech policy agenda with arguments framed in the language of racial and social justice.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report examining America’s Frontier Fund (AFF), a brand-new public/private investment vehicle that could grant former Google CEO Eric Schmidt unusual influence over U.S. national security policy and, potentially, the opportunity to steer taxpayer money to his pet projects.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released an update to a December 2021 report showing that Instagram still makes it extremely easy for teens to find illicit drugs for sale—with the platform’s algorithms often leading the way.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report revealing new research into the expansive–and expensive–influence campaign being waged by American Edge Project, the Facebook supported anti-regulatory attack dog.
The #MakeMarkListen campaign is organizing a collection of activists and advocacy organizations to demand oversight and accountability at Meta on behalf of the general public and shareholders who have been subjected to countless harms under Mark Zuckerberg's mismanagement of the company.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report revealing that Google-owned YouTube is hosting hundreds of militia videos seeking to recruit new militia members, provide weapons and tactical training, and spread anti-government messages.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report revealing that YouTube Kids—the version of the platform designed to provide age-appropriate content to children—hosts videos that do things like talk positively about cocaine and crystal meth, give instructions on concealing a gun, encourage skin bleaching, and introduce diet culture to children.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report showing that multiple channels on Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming platform, have been actively spreading Russian-fueled misinformation about the war in Ukraine.
Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report detailing how cryptocurrency insiders are quietly hijacking state legislative processes around the country to write crypto-friendly laws that could help them circumvent a looming federal crackdown.