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Google whistleblower launches project to keep tech ethical
Employees of tech companies should have the right to know when they are working on projects they may find ethically unacceptable, a former Google whistleblower has said. In 2018, Jack Poulson hit headlines after he resigned from his job at Google over the company's (now-scrapped) plan to build a censorship AI for the Chinese search market. Now, he wants to make sure that other tech workers can fight for what's right without having to put their livelihood on the line. Poulson has started Tech Inquiry, a non-profit that aims to make it easier for coders with a conscience to speak out inside their companies when they feel ethical boundaries are being crossed. Just as importantly, he's pushing for greater transparency to prevent workers simply being tricked into doing work that they would never take on voluntarily.