Dear Digital Media, Computing, Communications and Information Researchers,
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<br>(Apologies for cross-posting)
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<br>As you may be aware, 3100+ Google employees signed a
<br>letter
<br>to CEO Sundar Pichai in early April, asking the company to withdraw
<br>from a contract with the DoD to contribute to Project Maven, a
<br>Pentagon program aimed at using machine learning to analyze massive
<br>amounts of drone surveillance footage and to label objects of
<br>interest for human analysts. (You can find helpful background and
<br>commentary from EFF
<br>here.)
<br>The Google employees have since been joined by a wider community of
<br>tech workers, who have issued their own statement for signature
<br>here.
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<br>A small coalition of academics/researchers including myself have now
<br>drafted a letter of our own in support of Google and other tech
<br>workers, and we are hoping that you might join us as signatories.
<br>(Co-authors are Peter Asaro, Lilly Irani, and Lucy Suchman.
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<br>The letter is now open for signatures (there is an entry form below
<br>the letter):
<br>https://www.icrac.net/open-letter-in-support-of-google-employees-and-tech-workers/
<br>
<br>And the first press article to mention the letter just came out:
<br>https://gizmodo.com/google-employees-resign-in-protest-against-pentagon-con-1825729300
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<br>Thank you for your consideration, and please forward this to other
<br>lists and researchers who might be interested.
<br>
<br>
<br>With regards,
<br>Peter Asaro
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