# Article references to The Center for Humane Technology

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**Created:** [February 5, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/article-references-to-the-center-for-humane-technology/163 "2018-02-05T16:09:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/article-references-to-the-center-for-humane-technology/163/1 "2018-02-05T16:09:24Z")

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> **[Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/technology/early-facebook-google-employees-fight-tech.html)**
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> A group of Silicon Valley technologists plans to call attention to the dangers of tech, including working on an ad campaign aimed at 55,000 public schools.

> SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Silicon Valley technologists who were early employees at Facebook and Google, alarmed over the ill effects of social networks and smartphones, are banding together to challenge the companies they helped build.

> The cohort is creating a union of concerned experts called the **Center for Humane Technology.** Along with the nonprofit media watchdog group Common Sense Media, it also plans an anti-tech addiction lobbying effort and an ad campaign at 55,000 public schools in the United States.

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**Author:** ![anon74302558](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@anon74302558](https://community.humanetech.com/u/anon74302558)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/article-references-to-the-center-for-humane-technology/163/2 "2018-04-26T11:04:40Z")

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“Some tech workers are already making noise about unionizing, and service workers at several tech companies have already joined unions. But even if traditional labor unions don’t take hold in Silicon Valley, there are still plenty of avenues for influence. The Tech Workers Coalition, a group of hundreds of concerned industry employees, has chapters in San Francisco, Seattle and San Jose, and a group called Tech Action began meeting in New York this year. THE CENTER FOR HUMANE TECHNOLOGY, a group of ex-tech workers, has been pushing for ethical product development.”

> **[Workers of Silicon Valley, It’s Time to Organize](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/technology/tech-workers-change.html)**
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> Employees in the tech industry have an unusual power: They can make their companies act more responsibly. All they have to do is speak up.

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**Author:** ![anon74302558](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@anon74302558](https://community.humanetech.com/u/anon74302558)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/article-references-to-the-center-for-humane-technology/163/5 "2018-04-27T00:11:07Z")

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Another “alt-Facebook” could be a nonprofit that uses that status to signal its dedication to better practices, much as nonprofit hospitals and universities do. Wikipedia is a nonprofit, and it manages nearly as much traffic as Facebook, on a much smaller budget. An “alt-Facebook” could be started by Wikimedia, or by former Facebook employees, many of whom have congregated at the Center for Humane Technology, a nonprofit for those looking to change Silicon Valley’s culture.

> **[Opinion | Don’t Fix Facebook. Replace It. (Published 2018)](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opinion/facebook-fix-replace.html)**
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> We need better options that are designed to protect our privacy.