“In what world can an organisation seriously think it is all right to run a prominent cancer event, bringing together world experts, while also taking sponsorship from a company whose product has caused millions of cancer deaths worldwide? Absolutely shocking.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/21/economist-group-cancer-conference-cancelled-due-to-links-to-tobacco-firms

Ooh, ooh, ooh, I know the answer to this one: in the tech world!

https://ar.al/2019/01/11/i-was-wrong-about-google-and-facebook-theres-nothing-wrong-with-them-so-say-we-all/

#AccessNow #RightsCon #CPDP #NordicPrivacyArena #FOSDEM #etc #privacyWashing #tech #humanRights #institutionalCorruption

Economist Group cancer conference cancelled due to links to tobacco firms

Exclusive: Speakers and attendees pull out of Economist Impact event over ties to Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco

^{Mark Sweney (The Guardian)}