Tag: ethics

Canada’s Trudeau rebuked on ethics ahead of election

by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s ethics watchdog slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, concluding in the lead-up October elections that he broke rules by arm-twisting his attorney general to settle a criminal case against engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. The scandal, revealed earlier this year, tarnished the prime minister’s golden boy image, cost two ministers and two senior officials their jobs and plunged his Liberals into a dead heat with the opposition Conservatives […]

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Google disbands artificial intelligence ethics board

  by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google on Thursday confirmed that it has disbanded a recently assembled artificial intelligence ethics advisory panel in the face of controversy over its membership. The end of the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC) came just days after a group of Google employees launched a public campaign against having the president of conservative think-tank Heritage Foundation among its members. Another member of […]

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Microsoft unveils facial recognition principles, urges new laws

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Microsoft said Thursday it was adopting a set of principles for deployment of facial recognition technology, calling on industry rivals to follow suit and for new laws to avert a dystopian future. Microsoft president Brad Smith made the announcement at a Brookings Institution speech and an accompanying blog post, saying it was urgent to begin placing limits on facial recognition to avoid the surveillance state described in George Orwell’s “1984.” […]

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Senate ethics panel junks Faeldon cases vs Trillanes, Lacson

(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ethics  junked on Tuesday the cases filed by former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon against Senators Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon moved to dismiss the ethics cases that were filed after Lacson and Trillanes accused Faeldon of being linked to corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Drilon said Faeldon’s move against Lacson was a “clear case of forum shopping” since the Lacson’s allegations the former […]

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“Disrespectful” Faeldon’s ethics complaint vs Lacson “held in abeyance” by Senate ethics committee

  (Eagle News) – The ethics complaint filed by controversial former Bureau of Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon against Senator Panfilo Lacson has been “held in abeyance” following his continued stubbornness to defy orders for him to attend senate hearings, which signified “disrespect” for Senate rules. The Senate ethics committee decided to do this so they can further study Faeldon’s complaints not only against Lacson, but also against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, as senators who are […]

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Republicans lock horns with Trump as new Congress sworn in

by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — House Republicans were forced to back down Tuesday on plans to gut a congressional ethics office as Donald Trump rebuked them over the move, in an embarrassing clash with the president-elect on the day the new Congress was sworn in. When Trump takes office on January 20, Republicans will run both chambers of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2007, […]

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