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Re:Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors by neilv on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @08:17PM (#19734360)
If the ACM is really pushing professionalism and ethics now, that's great.

I've actually been a member or contributed to all the organizations either of us mentioned, and EFF has seemed to me likely a better predictor, but that's just a guess.

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Re:Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors by mempko on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @12:57PM (#19740365)
My biggest issue with EFF is that they often take pro-corporate positions and is lead by many actual executives and former executives (see board of directors https://www.eff.org/about/board), while the ACM comes more from an academic or tech worker strain (see https://www.acm.org/about-acm/officer-bios).

So while I agree with the EFF on many policies, their corporate leanings are a turn-off and isn't, imo, a solid ground for people doing day to day work in computing.

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