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AI generated summaries of web search engine results, such as Google’s “AI Overviews”, were rolled out across the world throughout 2024, and are now the norm on most major search engines. But these features have been beset by controversy, with criticism focusing both on the accuracy of the summaries and on the ethical and business implications for…

Selling your pre-loved items can be a great way to make some money while prolonging the life of your possessions.  In this article, we look at everything from how to avoid scams to the best platforms for selling secondhand.  

With the rise of ‘big tech’ and artificial intelligence (AI), people are becoming more aware of issues around data privacy and the power wielded by tech monopolies.  Our choice of web browser can play an important part in how much personal data is gathered about us and our online activity. 

Meaningful Planet is a Best Buy Label holder in our guide to ethical mobile phone networks.  In this article we sit down with them to find out what makes Meaningul Planet ethical. 

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) appears to be outpacing ethical discussions about its impact. Ruairidh Fraser examines the progress that civil society groups are making towards setting ethical boundaries in this brave new world.

We spoke to Your Co-op Mobile about their partnership with Fairphone, an ethical and sustainable mobile phone.

Here we discuss why Twitter is being boycotted by advertisers and some individuals, emerging calls to boycott Tesla, and the demise of Twitter as a tool for campaigning and journalism. 

To build the components that make up a laptop, mobile phone, satnav device, an EV battery, or even an e-cigarette, various different raw materials are required. Among these are a number of metal elements that are commonly sourced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the mining trade has, for many years, been used to fund brutal…

Have you heard of AWS (Amazon Web Services) and wondered what it is? In this guest article IT journalist Maxwell Cooter explains what AWS is and what you can do, if anything, to avoid it.

From the mining of conflict minerals to e-waste, tech is riddled with environmental issues. 

Edward Lander explains how Amazon shareholders were asked to vote on a plan to improve tax disclosure at its 2022 annual general meeting in May.

Sean Buchan, campaigner at Stop Funding Heat, and lead writer of their new report On The Back Burner: How Facebook’s Inaction on Misinformation Fuels The Global Climate Crisis, explains the background to the campaign and says action is needed now.

Beyond Consumerism articles seek out ideas big and small, for rethinking economic systems and reducing reliance on corporations and money. Here we focus on using technology to help reduce consumption with a new 'Buy Nothing' app.

We caught up with Lizzie Hieron, Chief Operating Officer, about ethics and the changes they’ve seen over recent years at the Phone Co-op (now Your Co-op). 

As Amazon held its annual shareholder meeting, workers and activists protested from Cambodia to the UK and from Japan to Brazil.

Nabila Ahmed looks at how some countries have tried to solve the problem of tax avoidance amongst big tech companies.

Exploiting the deep ocean for consumer electronics threatens wildlife, the climate and ultimately us. Steve Trent, Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Foundation explains more.

Nabila Ahmed looks at the discussions bubbling up around an online sales tax.

On Tuesday, the Police, crime, sentencing and courts bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons, with a majority of 359 to 263. It has sparked widespread outrage and ongoing protests across the country. But Netpol says that police powers are already being quietly expanded, undermining our right to organise. We spoke to Kevin Blowe from…

Tech giants have profited from the global pandemic, particularly from online shopping but many of them are still not paying a fair amount of tax. We outline some recent figures and what you can do to help our tax campaigns.