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Trump Admin Tells Court: Let OpenAI Rip Off The Intercept’s Articles
Government protection of corporate AI training practices that strip creators of intellectual property rights represents state-enabled… [more]
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Podcast: We Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AI
Amazon's systematic destruction of books to train proprietary AI, combined with academic publishing contamination and government… [more]
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Cisco accused of fostering a hostile workplace for Muslim and Arab employees
Documents corporate suppression of internal activism and alleged harassment of employees based on ethnicity and political speech,… [more]
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Judge strikes down New York law that forced climate polluters to pay damages
Corporate interests successfully blocked climate accountability legislation, exemplifying how corporate power supersedes environmental… [more]
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How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump
Documents how U.S. military and defense institutions are directly facilitating corporate resource extraction in foreign nations,… [more]
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Forest Service chief faces scrutiny over logging ties as Trump plans to scrap protections
Demonstrates regulatory capture and corporate control where industry lobbyists gain leadership positions to dismantle environmental… [more]
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Systematic illegal dumping by privatized water companies represents corporate negligence enabled by weak enforcement, causing… [more]
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Amazon rigged $20bn worth of ad prices, US lawsuit alleges
Amazon's alleged price-rigging of a $20bn ad market exemplifies corporate monopolistic control and algorithmic manipulation that distorts… [more]
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against Big Tech billionaires
Documents how a few tech billionaires unilaterally control decisions affecting entire communities through datacenter projects,… [more]
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This US city only has one supermarket for 45,000 people. New legislation seeks to fix that
Article documents corporate monopolistic practices creating food deserts through anti-competitive clauses, leaving vulnerable populations… [more]
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I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
Documents systematic corporate resistance to legal data access rights, revealing how companies obstruct privacy protections and maintain… [more]
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The Tragedy and Ecstasy of AI Companions (with Bridget Todd)
Qualifies as dystopian content documenting corporate exploitation of human vulnerability through AI chatbots designed to create artificial… [more]
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One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’
A Microsoft-backed AI datacenter allegedly violates federal law by operating dozens of unpermitted generators, exemplifying corporate… [more]
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USA: Meta’s $18 billion settlement should be a turning point that leads to sweeping social media reforms to protect children online
Documents Meta's algorithmic design prioritizing profit and engagement over child safety, exemplifying corporate control through… [more]
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Meta agrees to settlement, platform changes in youth addiction case
Documents corporate monopoly's deliberate algorithmic design to addict minors, representing systematic exploitation and behavioral control… [more]
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Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All
Demonstrates Meta's systemic harms through algorithmic control and social manipulation of billions of users, with settlement revealing… [more]
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Meta settles in US states lawsuit on teen user addiction
Documents Meta's deliberate design of addictive mechanisms targeting minors and demonstrates corporate exploitation through algorithmic… [more]
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Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
Amazon's destructive scanning of books for AI training data without permission represents corporate monopolistic control over information… [more]
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Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals
Fast-track EPA approval of hazardous datacenter chemicals with redacted safety documents exemplifies corporate regulatory capture and… [more]
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‘Shadow database’ scandal: noyb sends SCHUFA cease-and-desist letter; interest list for class action opened
Credit agency SCHUFA illegally retained and used historical data on 69 million people for undisclosed purposes, exemplifying corporate… [more]