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Facebook will get a C; startup charges the ethics of social media platforms, targets asset managers

By now you’ve perhaps heard of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) scores for corporations, or scores for their carbon footprint. Well, now a U.Ok. company has come up with a approach of score the “ethics” of social media corporations. EthicsGrade is an ESG scores corporate, focusing on AI move…
By now you’ve probably heard of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) ratings for companies, or ratings for their carbon footprint. Well, now a U.K. company has come up with a way of rating the “ethics” of social media companies. EthicsGrade is an ESG ratings agency, focusing on AI go…

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Mike Butcher has recently written 5 articles on similar topics including :
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  3. "Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Brittany Kaiser has released new documents today that suggest Facebook accepted only a simple acknowledgment on email from the firm that it had deleted data associated with 87 million Facebook users profiles". (January 17, 2020)
  4. "If the tech giants don’t want regulators to step in and police, they need to do much more to predict, and stop the abuse, before it even happens". (March 28, 2019)
  5. "As history tells us, the break-up of Big Oil and Big Telco in the past, led to more competition and innovation". (November 6, 2019)
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