{"id":955023,"date":"2021-11-02T18:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955023"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:28:47","slug":"biden-administration-reportedly-seeks-to-hire-left-wing-activist-as-ai-policy-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-reportedly-seeks-to-hire-left-wing-activist-as-ai-policy-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Reportedly Seeks To Hire Left-Wing Activist As AI Policy Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-reportedly-seeks-to-hire-left-wing-activist-as-ai-policy-advisor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration is reportedly preparing to hire a left-wing activist and current New York University researcher, The Information reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Meredith Whittaker, a former Google employee and outspoken activist on issues of race, sexuality, and gender in the tech industry, is currently undergoing a background check for an artificial intelligence advisor position at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/former-google-activist-whittaker-expected-to-join-ftc-as-ai-adviser\"><u>according<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;to The Information.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker currently <a href=\"https:\/\/ainowinstitute.org\/people\/meredith-whittaker.html\"><u>works<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;as the faculty director of the AI Now Institute at New York University, where she researches \u201crights and liberties, labor and automation, bias and inclusion, and safety and critical infrastructure,\u201d according to the institute\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>As a Google employee, Whittaker led a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/01\/google-walkout-sexual-misconduct\/\"><u>walkout<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;protesting the company\u2019s handling of sexual misconduct. She has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/amanpour-and-company\/video\/claire-stapleton-and-meredith-whittaker-google-walkouts-htzi\/\"><u>advocated<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;for organizing to combat \u201cstructural racism\u201d in the tech industry, as well as misogyny and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.126213592233\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daily Caller is a hate site <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ev0YJUCvUl\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ev0YJUCvUl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1118880928556883970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She also called for tech workers to \u201cunionize\u201d and \u201cbuild solidarity\u201d in an <a href=\"https:\/\/googlewalkout.medium.com\/onward-another-googlewalkout-goodbye-b733fa134a7d\"><u>internal message<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;sent to fellow Google employees. In 2019, she successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/apr\/01\/google-kay-coles-james-removal-employees-letter\"><u>pushed<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;for the removal of Kay James Cole, then-president of the Heritage Foundation, from Google\u2019s AI advisory panel on the grounds that her positions on homosexuality made her ethically unfit for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker is also outspoken in her views on social media. She referred to cryptocurrency executives as \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cignorant\u201d in a tweet regarding a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/27\/technology\/coinbase-cryptocurrency-black-employees.html\"><u>story<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;about allegations that crypto firm Coinbase discriminated against black employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhite supremacy pays \u2014 it\u2019s the scaffolding of their \u2018success.\u2019 At some level they certainly know that, and are optimizing for it,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1332458682576203781\"><u>tweeted<\/u><\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/joe-biden-saule-omarova-treasury-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden\u2019s Pick For Banking Regulator Once Praised Former Soviet Union For Having \u2018No Gender Pay Gap\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1118880928556883970\"><u>tweet<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;called The Daily Caller a \u201chate site\u201d in reference to news that Facebook was partnering with the outlet as a fact-checker, while <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1428766294627790855\"><u>another<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;decried Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s embrace of \u201cfrat culture\u201d and bemoaned his \u201cmaniacal white boy cackle.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.5416666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">White supremacists decision tree mapping reactions available to racists when receiving genetic ancestry test results. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ColorofSurveillance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ColorofSurveillance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgjlJMXB25\">pic.twitter.com\/fgjlJMXB25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/877964344377528320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2017<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Jan. 9, three days after the Jan. 6 riots, Whittaker expressed support for censorship of \u201cfascists\u201d on social media.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u201cgood [social media companies] they\u2019re banning fascists,\u201d Whittaker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mer__edith\/status\/1347919026043936769\"><u>tweeted<\/u><\/a>, though it is not clear to whom the tweet was referring.<\/p>\n<p>If hired, Whittaker would join the FTC under the tenure of Lina Khan, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/01\/lina-khan-federal-trade-commission-republican-jim-jordan-darrell-issa\/\"><u>sought<\/u><\/a> to expand the agency\u2019s power, drawing accusations of partisanship from Republican Commissioners as well as GOP lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been reports that the FTC under Khan has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/public_events\/1596052\/transcript_open_commission_meeting_9-15-21.pdf\"><u>begun<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;considering non-competition-related information when determining whether mergers are lawful. Democratic Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/public_statements\/1583714\/slaughter_remarks_at_gcr_interactive_women_in_antitrust.pdf\"><u>pushed<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;for antitrust enforcement to be a tool for \u201canti-racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither Whittaker nor the Federal Trade Commission responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is reportedly preparing to hire a left-wing activist and current New York University researcher, The Information reported Monday.Meredith Whittaker, a former Google employee and outspoken activist on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}