Facebook boycott leaders ‘disappointed’ after meeting with Zuckerberg, Sandberg
I am beginning to follow the story of the corporate boycotts of Facebook under the hashtag of #StopHateforProfit
Reuters: Pandemic Stirs Wall Street’s Social Conscience
Points to how the pandemic has forced a consideration of the safety and essential-ness of workers.
Forbes: J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Web Series: Taking CSR To A New Level
An example of public education and CSR together in the pandemic
Washington Post: Big Tech was first to send workers home. Now it’s in no rush to bring them back.
Big tech companies led the way with sending workers home in the pandemic in the US and now they are setting the agenda for slower returns to the office.
NPR: Why The Crisis May Make Powerful Corporations Even More Powerful
Fairly demoralizing look at how the federal taxpayer dollars are going to mostly juice up the stock market and shower ceos at big companies with bonuses as the buying of corporate stock has absolut
VICE: Leaked Amazon Memo Details Plan to Smear Fired Warehouse Organizer: ‘He’s Not Smart or Articulate’
A summary of the Amazon memo which shows their very strategic and fairly underhanded plans to talk to the media by smearing Chris Smalls and leveraging their stock of masks for maximum PR.
US Senators Letter to ISPs for COVID-19
Letter signed by 18 senators to Internet service provider CEOs asking them to "supend broadband caps and associated fees or throttling for all communities affected by COVID-19 and work with public
Letter from Senators to ISPs
lucypeiSenators write a letter to corporate CEOs to see if they will voluntarily participate in this form of corporate social responsibility.
It is clear that in the conditions of the pandemic, people who cannot afford internet connections and functioning devices will suffer more social, economic, and other hardships. People who are in places without internet infrastructure will be even less able to do their jobs, schooling, socializing, etc.
AT&T, Verizon, and others pledge not to cut your internet off during coronavirus pandemic
Pledge by FCC. #KeepAmericansConnected
Voluntary removal of caps or provision of faster internet to basic subscribers has been done by AT&T and Comcast
A recent update on the Stop Hate for Profit campaign against Facebook's negligence regarding hate speech.