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Kairos organizes at the intersection of race, democracy, and techonology. And we build Black & brown political power in the digital realm. Until tech works for all kairosfellows.org

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Kairos and 7 other groups published a new report that takes the first ever hard look at NVIDIA's climate record. NVIDIA's the world's largest company by market cap. But its emissions have risen 725% since 2020 -- while it claims AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate without evidence.

In a new op-ed for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, Matt Williams explains how Microsoft’s hyperscaler harms his community, then promotes false solutions to redirect concern. This is a page right out of Big Tech’s playbook. Read more: noclimateresultsfound.com/2026/04/28/n...

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No matter what tech CEOs say in shiny advertisements and in closed-door meetings, Big Tech will not solve the climate crisis, writes Matt Williams, a resident of Vineland, New Jersey, where community members are questioning a massive data center under development to serve Microsoft.

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No matter what tech CEOs say in shiny advertisements and in closed-door meetings, Big Tech will not solve the climate crisis, writes Matt Williams, a resident of Vineland, New Jersey, where community members are questioning a massive data center under development to serve Microsoft.

buff.lyBig Tech Will Not Save Us From the Climate CrisisNo matter what tech CEOs say in shiny advertisements and in closed-door meetings, Big Tech will not solve the climate crisis, writes Matt Williams.

AI 🤝ICE We cannot forget the ways Big Tech will gladly jump in to support violence against our communities. Kairos’ senior campaigner on AI, Irna, said it best: “Ultimately, ICE is using cloud technology and AI to centralize power.” Read the piece: www.techpolicy.press/how-ice-uses...

techpolicy.pressHow ICE Uses AI to Automate AuthoritarianismFrom the frontlines of ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis, Kairos Fellows senior campaigner Irna Landrum considers the use of AI in the immigration crackdown.

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Today Amazon released its “Sustainability” report. Predictably, what it leaves out is vastly more important than what it says. Amazon is building a dirty energy empire, spending literally hundreds of billions on data centers that will rely primarily on new fossil fuel infrastructure.

docs.google.comPRESS RELEASE: Amazon Sustainability Report Hides Gas & Coal Empire Powering Company’s AI AmbitionsPRESS RELEASE July 16, 2025 Contact: hello@amazonclimatejustice.org Amazon Sustainability Report Hides Gas & Coal Empire Powering Company’s AI Ambitions Nearly three-quarters of Amazon’s data cente...

We are witnessing the standards of our major social platforms be negatively altered like never before. Meta gutted fact checking. Meanwhile, X is overrun with disinformation, and TikTok is always teetering on the edge of existence in the U.S.

Big Tech's data centers have real impact: increased electricity prices, power outages, staggering cancer and asthma rates, fewer tax dollars for our schools, and even scarcer water availability in desert communities. Want to know how to fight back? Join us: bit.ly/MJ_WTF_Series

We'll break down: 📈 Who and what is behind the exponential expansion of data centers 🏗️ How Tech Broligarchs are using public resources to fuel data center investments 💥 Our organizer guide on the REAL cost of data centers and how we can fight back

This webinar is part of our ongoing biweekly education series, “WTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy,” aimed to expose and resist the agenda of the Big Tech executives in Trump’s first 100 days. You can watch our four previous sessions on our YouTube playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

youtube.comWTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy PLAYLISTCatch all of the recordings of our Political Education series "WTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy" HERE!

From our friends at USCPR: Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University has been abducted by the Trump administration after protesting genocide. Demand that universities fight back against fascism and establish themselves as sanctuary campuses: actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...

actionnetwork.orgTell Universities: Protect Student Rights, Reject Trump's OrderDonald Trump has signed an executive order targeting university students who protest Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people.   This order doesn’t just threaten non-citizen and internat...

Over the last 5 years that Jacky has been with Kairos, they have showcased a balance of strategic insight, management skill, and clarity of vision that made Jacky an incredible candidate for ED.

"By abandoning fact-checking, Meta is opening the door to unchecked hateful disinformation about already targeted communities like Black, brown, immigrant and trans people, which too often leads to offline violence." -- our Campaign Manager, Nicole in @theverge.com www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...

theverge.comMeta is leaving its users to wade through hate and disinformationMeta’s decision to eliminate fact-checking could unleash a flood of disinformation, experts warn.

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