Alphabet shareholder pushes Google for better whistleblower protections
Trillium Asset Management and Open MIC say the firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru shows Google’s current policies aren’t enough.
Hasnain says:
“Trillium and Open MIC organized a similar proposal in 2020 but were shot down. At the time, the board said it believed Google’s current policies were adequate.
“Our argument this year is basically the proof is in the pudding,” says Kron. “A year ago you said everything was hunky dory and in the meantime we‘ve seen what happened with Dr. Gebru and ongoing protests by Google employees, which suggests that things aren’t working well, that there are these red flags that indicate something needs to change.””
Posted on 2021-04-07T03:55:55+0000