Do we have Right to Know about about things that going to run our lives ?
Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell after she questioned an order not to publish a study saying AI that mimics language could hurt marginalized populations. Officially, her violations "included the exfiltration of confidential business-sensitive documents and private data of other employees".
In December, AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru was fired for exposing bias in facial analysis systems.
the company was starting to censor papers critical of its products. https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/google-fires-second-ai-ethics-leader-as-dispute-over-research-diversity-grows/articleshow/81121707.cms
In India recently we have stopped "publicly funded" academic institutions from holding zoom webinars with foreigners without MEA permission, which means every college, university, school, laboratory which has received any kind of grant, loan from Government..