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Open MIC (Open Media and Information Companies Initiative) works to foster greater corporate accountability in the deployment and use of digital technologies.

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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is this the first time an IPO includes a disclaimer that the company's products may pose an existential risk to humanity? 🤔 #anthropicipo www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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Anthropic ‘warns of existential AI risks to humanity’ in IPO document
Reported admission to investors of AI’s ‘self-preserving behaviours’ comes as company prepares for a potential $2tn flotation
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jenson Huang's talk with Ezra Klein of the NYT reveals a lack of concern over the effects of data centers on communities – and what that friction could mean for the companies' shareholders. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Journalism is a product and government interference is going to make the product worse.” For @trevortimm.bsky.social of @freedom.press, the Paramount-Warner Bros merger could be disastrous for independent journalism. 📽️ 👇
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Companies are delaying their IPOs due to negative investor sentiment towards data centers. While tech giants like Meta and Oracle plan to spend trillions on their own data-center infrastructure, their smaller partners like SB Energy and Holtec are stalled without support from Wall Street.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“It just takes one successful challenge in those six markets. That's all it takes to stop this deal. So in other words, you need to win six rounds of sudden death penalty kicks.” @bedoyausa.bsky.social describes the legal challenges facing the proposed Paramount–Warner Brothers merger
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Even before this merger was announced, our industry was already in a crisis.” @markruffalo.bsky.social on what the Paramount/Skydance + Warner Bros. merger could mean for the entertainment industry, and why investors should be asking questions. Watch an excerpt here 📹 ⬇️ youtu.be/pQUt7jZVPIM
Screenshot of actor and activist Mark Ruffalo speaking in a Zoom webinar titled "Investor Briefing on Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers."
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We're getting ready for the Emerging Markets Investors' Alliance Sustainability and Governance Conference--less than a week away. Open MIC Executive Director Audrey Mocle will take part in the panel "Volatility and Governance in the Age of AI." Hope to see you there!
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Open MIC and ICCR recently hosted a webinar on the Paramount + Warner Brothers merger. This week, Paramount asked states that filed a lawsuit for a $1.88 billion bond to cover costs of delays. Webinar panelists shared varied perspectives on the unprecedented merger plan 🧵👇
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
2 days to go. The proposed Paramount Skydance–Warner Brothers merger has major implications for workers, consumers, and investors. Join our July 29 ICCR investor briefing to understand what's at stake. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Open MIC’s Michael Connor will moderate a July 29 ICCR investor briefing about the potential merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers.. 🗓️ Wed, July 29, 3:00PM EDT 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
To date, state-level AI regulations have fallen into the following categories: 🟢 Child Safety 🟢 Protecting Privacy 🟢 Public Safety 🟢 Harmful Content 🟢 Automated Decision Making 🟢 Autonomous Vehicles 🟢 Transparency 🟢 Consumer Protection Swipe for details ▶️
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
For AI companies, it's no longer the lawless frontier. From state regulation to a growing wave of litigation, the legal landscape is rapidly reshaping the risks facing AI companies. Swipe for key points from our recent investor brief ▶️
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Looks like Google finally needs to doing something about the slop coming out of its AI Overviews. The company is facing pressure from both investors and courts 🧵⬇️
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
AI is entering a new legal era. Our latest investor brief examines the legal trends shaping the future of the industry, from state-level AI regulation to a wide variety of lawsuits (safety, privacy + many more). www.openmic.org/news/legal-landscap…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Check out our latest newsletter for updates: 👉 New job posting at Open MIC ✉️ Sign-on letter to provide transparency around AI for defense 📊 Our latest investor brief: What the SpaceX IPO does wrong us20.campaign-archive.com/?e=f93de1…
Screenshot of Open MIC newsletter: AI and Misinformation and AI and Corporate RoyaltyScreenshot of Open MIC newsletter: AI and Defines and Now Hiring
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Investors sent a clear signal to Alphabet on AI-generated misinformation. A shareholder proposal supported by @openmicmedia.bsky.social received 28.9% of the independent shareholder vote. Read more: www.openmic.org/news/googles-ai-mis…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
1/ Open AI and Anthropic still have a chance to do the right thing. As massive AI companies move closer to public markets, investors have a rare opportunity to shape governance before it is locked in.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
1/ Who gets to govern the technologies that shape our future? The SpaceX IPO may be setting a precedent: a company valued at up to $1.7 trillion where investors are reportedly being warned they will have limited ability to influence corporate matters.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We're hiring a Tech Policy Research Associate (part-time, remote). If you're interested in technology, human rights, corporate governance, and finance—and enjoy turning complex research into clear analysis—this role may be for you.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The SpaceX IPO is setting a bad example. 📈 New report from Open MIC on the governance risks tied to multi-class share structures in emerging technology companies: www.openmic.org/news/investor-brief…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Google. Meta. OpenAI. These are some of the tech companies that once made public commitments to not use AI for warfare – and have quietly walked them back. Learn more at the implications: loom.ly/bYRmToI #AIgovernance #militaryAI #AIrisk
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Anthropic and Washington: investors cannot ignore defence AI risks
Audrey Mocle is executive director of the Open Media and Information Companies Initiative, and Michael Clements is executive director of the Business and Human Rights Centre Human rights due diligence, military AI transparency and linking capital to data safeguards can shift markets towards rights-respecting innovation
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
AI built for civilian use is already shaping surveillance and targeting in conflict zones. Public pensions are indirectly exposed to this shift. This Q&A shows who's at risk ⬇️
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
AI is reshaping how information is produced and distributed, creating new risks for information integrity. It's bad, but maybe not ALL bad. Learn more and watch our webinar: materialtech.beehiiv.com/p/ai-and-i…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
TOMORROW – March 10 at 11 a.m ET Join Open MIC for a webinar on AI and Misinformation, and how #investors can address the threat. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
One week away! Webinar on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. ET AI and Misinformation: How Investors Can Address the Threat us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NEW REPORT: investors must urge companies to mitigate security risks caused by rushed AI adoption materialtech.beehiiv.com/p/ai-secur… #aisecurity #shareholderengagement #materialtech #aiprivacy #airisk #shareholderactivism #investorbrief #responsibleinvesting
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Reminder: Webinar on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. ET AI and Misinformation: How Investors Can Address the Threat ✍️ Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Join us for a webinar: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. ET AI and Misinformation: How Investors Can Address the Threat ✍️ Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
For investors, human rights due diligence matters—especially when tech companies sell cloud and AI tools to military end-users. More from @iasj.bsky.social: iasj.org/investors-signal-urgent-ne…
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We are entering our next chapter with the appointment of Audrey Mocle as Executive Director. Audrey has served as Deputy Director since 2022 and brings deep experience in corporate human rights responsibility, investor engagement, and technology governance.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
At #IGF2025 in June, experts from @heartlandorg.bsky.social, BHRRC, @openmicmedia.bsky.social, and UN B-Tech held a roundtable on dual-use tech, used by both civilians + military. Key takeaways here: loom.ly/-h_Wn0k
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Union shareholders are fighting back against abusive AI. Audrey Mocle of @openmicmedia.bsky.social weighs in on the power shareholders have to hold Big Tech accountable. More from @inthesetimes.com: loom.ly/NZz5RTA
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Intentional Endowment Network (IEN) @ien-online.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
In our new Future of Finance episode, @michaelconnor.bsky.social, Executive Director of @openmicmedia.bsky.social, explains how shareholder proposals drive change — even when they don’t pass. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkWF... Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-kcutz...
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Our director joined @georgesdyer.bsky.social on the @ien-online.bsky.social Future of Finance podcast to unpack how investors can steer AI toward long-term value — and how engagement can move the market toward safer innovation.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Understanding AI: Four-Part Series starts today — 6:00 PM ET @datasociety.bsky.social is co-hosting a four-part event series exploring the societal implications of #AI. 🌐 Visit the Data & Society website for information and livestream: loom.ly/OgpNTyo
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Human Rights | Technology | Artificial Intelligence Upcoming global events offer insights and opportunities to shape policy on emerging technologies and their impacts on communities around the world 👇
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"Layoffs described as progress" Tech companies and the politicians who love them 💕🤖 are cutting jobs with the excuse that AI is better than people. Not only is that bad for workers, but in most cases it's just not true. AI is not nearly as advanced as they're claiming.
loom.ly
Weaponizing AGI: How Speculative Futures Undermine Worker Protections | TechPolicy.Press
Natalia Luka critiques speculative narratives about AI's future and how they are driving policy inaction.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Going a big step beyond simply hiring tech companies to build out defense systems, the U.S. Army is actually swearing in tech executives to consult internally. Palantir, OpenAI, Meta and Thinking Machines Lab are represented by newly minted lieutenant colonels.
loom.ly
Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant colonels
The Army is swearing in top tech executives from Meta, OpenAI and Palantir as senior officers to be part-time advisors.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
To AI startups, it looks like the only certainty right now is national defense spending. DOGE cuts and Pentagon budget increases are pushing tech companies to move away from products that support health or international development and instead build the AI-powered war machine of the future 👇
loom.ly
AI companies pitch Washington as cuts roil federal landscape
How the next wave of technology is upending the global economy and its power structures
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"...transparency and accountability can no longer be optional." One of the key findings in the latest Ranking Digital Rights Index shows that privately owned platforms (like X and TikTok) are failing to provide basic transparency on governance, risks, and corporate responsibility.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
📣 Open MIC will attend this year's Internet Governance Forum in Oslo! @intgovforum.bsky.social‬ is an annual event established by United Nations mandate that brings together governments, NGOs and companies in collaboration to solve pressing issues related to internet governance.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Hidden in the "Big Beautiful Bill" is a 10-year moratorium on state and local laws regulating AI. @techpolicypress.bsky.social‬ reports in their May tech policy roundup:
loom.ly
May 2025 US Tech Policy Roundup | TechPolicy.Press
A roundup of the most important US tech policy developments in the federal government, the courts, and beyond from Freedman Consulting and Tech Policy Press.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"Optimizing for engagement" is tech-industry shorthand for increasing the time people spend scrolling, swiping or chatting with bots. It's bad enough with old-school social media, but harms are compounded with AI-powered friends, girlfriends, and therapists.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"This proxy season, over 98% of investors have voted in support of maintaining current corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs." Proposals from right-wing think tank NCPPR have targeted DEI programs at 13 corporations so far. 13 times the proposals have been decisively voted down.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"The AI boom has taken off at an awkward time for the fight against climate change," says journalist ‪@kenzabryan.ft.com‬. Despite commitments to clean energy and decarbonization, Big Tech's data centers are increasing our reliance on fossil fuels. loom.ly/fQssNbg
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Chinese tech companies have historically been some of the least transparent in the Ranking Digital Rights Index – not surprising, given the country's "tightly controlled" internet. This year that changed: three Chinese companies showed significant improvements in governance transparency.
loom.ly
The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Big Tech Edition
A comprehensive ranking of top big tech disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This week several Big Tech companies are holding their annual meetings, and shareholders are already expressing concern that the companies will backslide on their environmental promises due to AI's heavy use of energy and water.
loom.ly
19 Practical Ways To Reduce AI’s Environmental Impact
As AI scales, so does the need to prioritize sustainability—both in how these models are built and when and where they’re run.
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
AI study aid chatbots are supposed to help kids with homework. Instead, they provide date rape-drug recipes and “pickup artistry” advice. KnowUnity’s ‘SchoolGPT’ chatbot was “helping 31,031 other students” when it produced a detailed how-to for synthesizing fentanyl www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
Illustration of comment bubbles with danger symbols and a computer processor box with a graduation cap on it; text: These AI Tutors For Kids Gave Fentanyl Recipes And Dangerous Diet Advice
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