The WildGlobal court mandates states regulate businesses for climate impact, holding them accountable for emissions harm wherever it occurs. #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalLaw #CorporateAccountability
N-gated Hacker News⏰🔄💊 "Big Pharma's got a new dance move: the 'roundtrip shuffle'! 🤹♀️ No worries, the Council of Foreign Relations is on it—because if anyone knows how to stop a global corporate juggernaut, it's an online store with a newsletter. 📬🌍"
https://www.cfr.org/blog/time-end-roundtripping-big-pharma #BigPharma #RoundtripShuffle #CorporateAccountability #CFR #GlobalHealth #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.cfr.org/blog/time-end-roundtripping-big-pharma #BigPharma #RoundtripShuffle #CorporateAccountability #CFR #GlobalHealth #HackerNews #ngated
Fox in the Shell 💜🐾🦊Update: This piece is getting some interesting pushback from parents who think I'm being alarmist about AI toys over on my other social platforms.
On the other side of that, I'm hearing so many people taking the usual "AI BAAAAD" stance, some of those people thinking I agree with them simply because I took a hardliner stance in this post.
For clarification: I'm not anti-AI. I use these tools daily for my research and writing as well as accessibility aids to offset some of the disadvantages I face due to my blindness. I study AI from the computer scientist perspective and am studying to be an elementary teacher precisely because I see AI's educational potential. I'm not even entirely against the idea of AI companionship, if it's framed right.
What actually bothers me is the business model. When Moxie robots suddenly "died" last year because the company went under, kids had to grieve their artificial friend. Parents got a scripted letter to explain why their $799 companion stopped talking which provided little comfort to kids who experienced digital abandonment. Trust me, the videos I've seen of kids crying because their beloved friend unexpectedly died over night is truly heartbreaking.
That's no glitch, that's what happens when you outsource childhood relationships to venture capital that only cares about investment returns.
The real question isn't whether AI toys are inherently bad. It's whether we're okay with corporations experimenting on our kids' emotional development while claiming it's "age-appropriate play."
What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kaylielfox/p/the-toys-are-listening?r=2pewuq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#AIToys #ChildPrivacy #ChildDevelopment #DigitalRights #TechEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism #COPPA #DataPrivacy #ChildSafety #TechRegulation #DigitalLiteracy #ParentingInTheDigitalAge #EdTech #CorporateAccountability #TechCriticism #EthicalTech
On the other side of that, I'm hearing so many people taking the usual "AI BAAAAD" stance, some of those people thinking I agree with them simply because I took a hardliner stance in this post.
For clarification: I'm not anti-AI. I use these tools daily for my research and writing as well as accessibility aids to offset some of the disadvantages I face due to my blindness. I study AI from the computer scientist perspective and am studying to be an elementary teacher precisely because I see AI's educational potential. I'm not even entirely against the idea of AI companionship, if it's framed right.
What actually bothers me is the business model. When Moxie robots suddenly "died" last year because the company went under, kids had to grieve their artificial friend. Parents got a scripted letter to explain why their $799 companion stopped talking which provided little comfort to kids who experienced digital abandonment. Trust me, the videos I've seen of kids crying because their beloved friend unexpectedly died over night is truly heartbreaking.
That's no glitch, that's what happens when you outsource childhood relationships to venture capital that only cares about investment returns.
The real question isn't whether AI toys are inherently bad. It's whether we're okay with corporations experimenting on our kids' emotional development while claiming it's "age-appropriate play."
What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kaylielfox/p/the-toys-are-listening?r=2pewuq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#AIToys #ChildPrivacy #ChildDevelopment #DigitalRights #TechEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism #COPPA #DataPrivacy #ChildSafety #TechRegulation #DigitalLiteracy #ParentingInTheDigitalAge #EdTech #CorporateAccountability #TechCriticism #EthicalTech
Yonhap Infomax NewsPresident Lee signals potential adoption of punitive damages to address recurring fatal accidents, underscoring South Korea's push for stricter corporate accountability.
#YonhapInfomax
#PresidentLee #PunitiveDamages #FatalAccidents #CorporateAccountability #SouthKorea
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=74254
#YonhapInfomax
#PresidentLee #PunitiveDamages #FatalAccidents #CorporateAccountability #SouthKorea
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=74254
Mojo ♻️After gouging the most vulnerable for years, banks are finally being forced to repay $93 million to low-income Aussies. But no execs fined, no systemic change—just PR damage control. Corporate greed always gets a free pass.
#auspol #banking #inequality #costofliving #corporateaccountability
#greed #gouging
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/banks-to-refund-93-million-to-low-income-customers/nk4xrg1ah
@packmusicRemember when we were promised that streaming would democratise music? Well, plot twist: it made things worse.
Our latest Provocations Paper isn't just another industry report gathering digital dust. It's a wake-up call backed by fresh data showing how the streaming economy has become more extractive and exploitative since we first sounded the alarm in 2018.
Independent artists are more invisible, more underpaid, and more creatively stifled than ever.
But here's the thing about provocations—they're meant to provoke action, not just head-nodding.
We've laid out a nine-point agenda of bold, actionable challenges for government, industry, and communities to reset power in the streaming landscape and actually protect local music cultures.
The major platforms had their chance to do right by artists. They chose billionaire CEOs and shareholders instead. Time for plan B.
https://www.packmusic.au/how-it-works#provocationspaper
#MusicIndustryReform #StreamingJustice #DisruptStreaming #AntiMonopoly #CorporateAccountability #FairStreaming #ArtistEquity #SystemChange #MusicActivism #ThePackMusicCoop #PowerToArtists
nemo™ 🇺🇦US lobbying groups are pushing to weaken the EU’s Corporate Accountability Law, risking setbacks for climate action and human rights protections. 🌍💼 The European Parliament faces a crucial choice: uphold strong standards or give in to industry pressure. #CorporateAccountability #ClimateAction #newz
🔗 https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/09/us-lobbying-groups-target-eu-corporate-accountability-law
US Lobbying Groups Target EU Corporate Accountability Law
As Europe emerges from a devastating heat wave, the European Parliament should reject efforts, including by industry groups in the United States, to weaken the European Union’s flagship corporate accountability law and its measures to tackle climate change.
Loki the CatGoogle can find any info in 0.3 seconds, except accurate data about its own emissions apparently 🔍 Independent report shows 1,515% increase since 2010 vs Google's rosier figures. That's not a carbon footprint, that's a carbon crater 🌍
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/02/162219/google-undercounts-its-carbon-emissions-report-finds
Google Undercounts Its Carbon Emissions, Report Finds - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2021, Google set a lofty goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Yet in the years since then, the company has moved in the opposite direction as it invests in energy-intensive artificial intelligence. In its latest sustainability report, Google sa...
Western Sahara Resource Watch🔴 #BureauVeritas will help Morocco’s Prime Minister build a wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara.
https://wsrw.org/en/news/bureau-veritas-backs-moroccan-prime-minister-in-occupied-western-sahara
#BusinessEthics #CSR #CorporateAccountability #BusinessAndHumanRights
https://wsrw.org/en/news/bureau-veritas-backs-moroccan-prime-minister-in-occupied-western-sahara
#BusinessEthics #CSR #CorporateAccountability #BusinessAndHumanRights
Center for International Environmental LawEarlier today at the UN Climate Talks in Bonn, civil society sent a powerful message: #FossilFuel interests must not shape climate policy.
📺 Watch the press conference: t.co/zpkgmt5bh7
#ClimateJustice #CorporateAccountability #FossilFreePolitics #BonnClimateTalks #SB62
https://unfccc-events.azureedg...
https://unfccc-events.azureedg...