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TTP's 2019 "Capturing the Classroom" report detailed how Google held seminars that taught teachers how to get their students using their products in class.
Now, Google and others are turning back to teacher trainings to get classrooms to buy into AI.
I've covered school tech for the @nytimes for a decade. And I'm fascinated by how Big Tech makes products like Chromebooks and A.I. chatbots seem urgent.
Our story today brings you inside that powerful industry playbook for influencing schools.
http://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/business/schools-big-tech-google-microsoft.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7lA.lExN.jUl3SAHmWAwM&smid=url-share
This week, CfA filed a complaint asking the IRS to investigate whether @AltaMedHealthS, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and Section 501(c)(3) public charity, violated rules prohibiting private inurement and excess benefit transactions.
Watchdog Requests IRS Investigation into AltaMed Health Services Corp.
The complaint asks the IRS to investigate whether AltaMed violated rules prohibiting private inurement and excess benefit transactions.
campaignforaccountability.org
NEW: Meta is paying Instagram influencers and parent groups to amplify its anti-regulation message in countries that are considering or enacting social media bans for children, according to TTP's latest investigation.
TTP - Inside Meta’s Global Playbook for Fighting Child Safety Laws
As social media bans for kids under 16 gain momentum around the world, Meta is exporting its U.S. influence tactics to undermine them.
www.techtransparencyproject.org
Buc-ee’s suit against a convenience store with a beaver logo (located in the town of Beavercreek) is reminiscent of trademark “bullying” tactics that TTP exposed around Apple—which at one point challenged a school district in Appleton, WI over its logo.
John Oliver keeps ‘Buc-Off’ store open as Buc-ee’s sues Ohio mini mart over logo
The comedian’s squirrel mascot is sticking around as Beavercreek rallies behind a mini mart sued by Buc-ee’s over its beaver logo.
www.houstonchronicle.com
Anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers" often advertise medical services like ultrasound scans to lure in women who are considering their pregnancy options.
@statesnewsroom details how states often fail to provide oversight of these medical services.
Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight •...
Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers routinely offer free ultrasounds, but there is little oversight. OB-GYNs, state l...
stateline.org
Reports point to online misinfo—including fake claims of open borders—for the recent surge of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
This mirrors TTP research that found misinfo leading many migrants to put themselves in danger when trying to cross into the US.
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TTP alerted @WIRED to over 50 image and video ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that we discovered in Meta's ad library.
We also reported the ads—which made no effort to hide what they were promoting—to @NCMEC.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according...
www.wired.com
NEW: Today, CfA—represented by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP—petitioned to unseal all records concerning the disciplinary proceeding against John A. Sarcone III, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
Watchdog Files to Unseal John Sarcone Disciplinary Proceedings
CfA filed to unseal all records concerning the disciplinary proceeding against John A. Sarcone III, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the NDNY.
campaignforaccountability.org
NEW: One of Meta’s key business partners in China, GatherOne, is behind a vast network of Facebook and Instagram ads promoting “nudify” apps, according to a new TTP investigation.
TTP - Meta’s Chinese Partner Behind Deluge of Nudify Ads
GatherOne is one of Meta’s key advertising partners in China. Its name is attached to thousands of ads for nudify apps.
www.techtransparencyproject.org