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Happy Wednesday! Shareholder meetings are providing activists an opportunity to push tech giants on issues including civil rights violations, hate speech and whistleblower protections. In other news, Amazon announced its intention to acquire MGM Studios in a move sure to heighten already elevated antitrust scrutiny against the e-commerce giant.
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PROXY BALLOT BATTLES: Tech giants are facing increasing pressure from activists to adopt proposals aimed at expanding whistleblower protections, investigating potential civil rights violations and curbing hate speech online.
Activist shareholders are pushing for the proposals to be adopted during this week’s annual meetings, the first to be held after a year that’s included nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, a deadly riot at the Capitol and challenging working conditions for many on-site workers in the tech industry.
Pro-Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol Building after a March to Save America Rally on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC, USA. Photo: Joel Marklund/BILDBYRÅN/Reuters
On Wednesday, February 10, the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) released a major new report on the events leading up to the Capitol attack:
Just Security). This in-depth investigation is the most comprehensive timeline for #StopTheSteal to date, and it tracks the campaign to deny the results of the 2020 election from its origins in the 2016 election up through the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. The timeline uses open-source investigatory techniques to map the movement’s evolution, calls for violence, and eventual descent onto Washington. The report also includes inside glances at online communities involved in the January 6 attack never before published.