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In April 2025, Anthropic published a threat intelligence report detailing multiple misuse cases of Claude detected in March 2025. The report documented: an 'influence-as-a-service' operation orchestrating over 100 coordinated social media bots; credential scraping and stuffing attempts targeting security camera systems; a recruitment fraud campaign targeting Eastern Europe; and a novice actor developing sophisticated malware. The proactive detection and transparent public disclosure demonstrated responsible AI safety monitoring and commitment to preventing harm.

In April 2025, New York state fined Block Inc. $40 million for anti-money laundering inadequacies and cryptocurrency compliance failures on its Cash App platform. The investigation found weak AML practices and inadequate monitoring of suspicious Bitcoin transactions. Block also separately agreed to pay $80 million to other state regulators for similar compliance deficiencies.

In April 2025, Google Cloud announced a partnership with the UAE Cyber Security Council to establish a cybersecurity center of excellence in Abu Dhabi. The agreement was announced with Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's National Security Advisor, and Ruth Porat, Alphabet's President and CIO. Google committed to 'significant investments in advanced cloud capabilities' in the UAE. Critics noted the partnership despite UAE's alleged involvement in supplying weapons and technology to Sudan's conflict.

Bank of Lithuania imposed €3.5 million fine, the largest ever from the Lithuanian regulator, after finding Revolut failed to adequately monitor customer relationships and transactions, 'not always properly identifying suspicious monetary operations or transactions.' The fine represented less than 0.5% of 2023 revenue. No confirmed money laundering was detected during investigation, but systematic monitoring deficiencies were identified.

In April 2025, security researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered an unreleased Waymo privacy policy page revealing plans to use interior camera data associated with rider identities for training generative AI models. The draft included opt-out language for riders. Waymo initially confirmed the feature was under development, but later denied using in-car footage for generative AI training, claiming the discovered text was inaccurate placeholder language. Each Waymo vehicle carries 29 external cameras, and the company's data retention policies for interior and exterior footage remain opaque.

Microsoft terminated multiple employees who protested the company's AI technology use by the Israeli military. In April 2025, software engineers Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal were fired after disrupting Microsoft's 50th anniversary event, where one called AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman a 'war profiteer.' In August 2025, four more employees (Anna Hattle, Riki Fameli, Nisreen Jaradat, Julius Shan) were fired for on-premises protests. Allegations claim Israel's Unit 8200 uses Microsoft Azure to store and analyze Palestinian phone calls for surveillance.

World Uyghur Congress filed complaints in French courts (April 7 and September 8, 2025) against Huawei France, Hikvision, and Dahua for complicity in crimes against humanity against Uyghurs. Charges include genocide, human trafficking, aggravated servitude, and concealment. Allegations state Huawei participated in developing innovative police laboratories in East Turkistan, testing systems for detecting Uyghurs in crowds. Supported by Don't Fund Russian Army NGO.

Oracle settled a PAGA lawsuit for $15.5 million after two former California sales employees alleged the company violated state wage laws for commissioned workers. Plaintiffs claimed Oracle retroactively increased quotas or decreased commission rates on past sales, 're-planned' employees to reduce already-earned commissions going back to the beginning of the fiscal year, and clawed back prior payments by withholding newly earned commissions. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2015.

Revolut was fined a record €3.5 million by Lithuania's central bank for failures in anti-money laundering processes. Regulatory authorities found the neobank failed to implement adequate controls to prevent money laundering. This was the highest AML-related fine ever issued in Lithuania. Revolut has faced persistent compliance and fraud concerns.

In April 2025, Zomato laid off 500-600 employees from its Zomato Associate Accelerator Program without prior notice, giving only one month's severance. The layoffs followed the launch of 'Nugget', an AI platform handling 15 million monthly interactions and resolving 80% of queries without humans. Employees reported being dismissed for minor issues like being late by 28 minutes on average, with AI performance tracking ranking workers into tiers.

In April 2025, Adobe's Chief People Officer announced the company would 'discontinue' DEI hiring targets, ending 'aspirational representational goals' set in 2020. These had included doubling Black representation and increasing women in leadership to 30% by 2025. The company's Corporate Responsibility page was also removed from the website after Trump's January 2025 executive order targeting DEI.

Approximately 300 DeepMind employees in London sought to join the Communication Workers Union, citing concerns their AI technology is being used in Gaza conflict via Project Nimbus ($1.2B cloud contract with Israel). At least 5 employees resigned over military involvement and reversal of ethical commitments on AI for defense.

A Public Citizen report found Musk had direct business interest in over 70% of DOGE targets. On inauguration day, his companies faced $2.37 billion in potential liability from 65 regulatory actions across 11 agencies. DOGE then: fired FDA staff reviewing Neuralink, cut NHTSA staff that regulates Tesla autonomous vehicles, targeted the SEC investigating his Twitter stock purchase. DOJ dropped a SpaceX discrimination lawsuit. Starlink terminals were installed at GSA headquarters within days (normally takes months). The White House said Musk would self-police his own conflicts of interest.

Ericsson faced criticism in Sweden after removing all references to DEI from its 2024 annual report. The word 'DEI' appeared 0 times compared to 40+ times in 2023. Previous initiatives like 42 employee resource groups, gender diversity goals tied to executive compensation, and inclusive leadership training were absent. The company denied Trump administration influence, claiming changes were 'for greater clarity.'

Oracle removed all mentions of the word 'diversity' from its corporate communications. The company also withdrew promised scholarship funding to the Urban League. On September 25, 2024, Oracle had confirmed a $20,000 contribution to support Urban League's educational initiatives, but later withdrew following internal DEI policy shifts.

In early 2025, Anduril Industries took over the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program from Microsoft, a contract worth up to $22 billion to deliver approximately 120,000 augmented reality headsets to soldiers. The Army approved a legal action in April 2025 that effectively transferred Microsoft's contract to Anduril. This represents one of the largest military technology contracts in history and a major expansion of Anduril's defense portfolio into wearable military technology.

Under Tim Cook's leadership, Apple announced in April 2025 that it has surpassed 60% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions from 2015 levels, on track for its Apple 2030 goal of 75% reduction and full carbon neutrality. Over 320 suppliers (95% of manufacturing spend) have transitioned to renewable energy.

While many tech companies rolled back DEI under Trump pressure, Wise implemented stronger governance structure across all 13 global DEI communities in 2025. Programs include Women Circles (speaker-led networking), Women in Product events, and investment in senior women and non-binary external community. Gender pay gap reduced from 19.54% to 14.54% mean, 18.4% to 12.67% median.

Starling Bank reported progress on gender diversity: over a third of new hires between April 2024 and April 2025 were women (up from 24%), and the median pay gap reduced from 9.1% to 8.4%. Senior management gender representation exceeds both the fintech industry average (30%) and UK banking average (40%). The bank is a signatory to the Women in Finance Charter.

In April 2025, IBM eliminated its DEI department and Diversity Council (established in the 1990s), stopped linking executive compensation to workforce diversity targets, and altered its supplier diversity program. The changes came after conservative activist Robby Starbuck contacted IBM in February and Heritage Foundation filed a shareholder proposal. CEO Arvind Krishna announced the changes via memo and video to employees.

Eric Schmidt characterized Trump's research funding cuts as an 'attack on science' that could chill tech development as competition from China ramps up. At the AI+Biotechnology Summit, he said 'This madness will eventually end because it's too stupid not to fix.'

In April 2025, U.S. investment firm Integrity Partners acquired sanctioned Israeli spyware maker Candiru for $30 million. The deal transferred all employees to a new entity not subject to U.S. sanctions, demonstrating a critical enforcement gap: an American company investing in an Entity List company undermines U.S. government spyware constraints.

Briskin v. Shopify class action lawsuit alleged the Shop app collected user personal data and shopping behavior without adequate consent, sharing it with third parties.

Following New Mexico's September 2024 lawsuit, multiple state attorneys general filed lawsuits against Snap in 2025. Florida AG sued in April 2025 alleging failure to protect children from predators and drug dealers. Utah AG sued in June 2025 alleging the app enabled sexual exploitation and digital addiction, with My AI chatbot advising minors on concealing drugs and alcohol. Kansas AG sued in September 2025 alleging Snap misrepresented app safety with '12+' ratings while exposing users to mature content. NYC sued in October 2025 alleging gross negligence.

In April 2025, Sam Altman resigned as chairman of Oklo Inc., a nuclear energy company he co-founded in 2021 via a SPAC. He stepped down specifically to 'avoid conflict of interest' and 'open up opportunities for future deals between OpenAI and Oklo.' The voluntary recusal was notable given the governance criticisms Altman had faced regarding undisclosed conflicts of interest at OpenAI.

Google DeepMind routinely enforces non-compete clauses extending up to 12 months on departing employees, paired with continued salary payments effectively placing staff on 'paid garden leave.' While financially compensated, former employees have described the restrictions as an 'abuse of power,' with some considering relocating from the UK to California to avoid the contractual limitations. The practice has drawn criticism for limiting worker mobility in the competitive AI field.

In April 2025, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative formally ended its funding of FWD.us, the immigration reform advocacy group Zuckerberg co-founded in 2013 with an op-ed calling for comprehensive immigration reform. Well over half of the roughly $400 million donated to FWD.us since its founding came through CZI. By late 2022, CZI had begun pivoting away from social advocacy, and the break was formalized in April 2025. The timing aligned with Zuckerberg's broader rightward political recalibration during the Trump era.

Atlassian presents the Women Leading Tech Awards, an industry initiative supporting gender parity inclusive of non-binary and gender diverse members of tech. The company offers 26 weeks paid leave for birthing parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents. Atlassian conducts yearly pay equity audits, partners with Code2College, /dev/color, and AI4All for underrepresented groups, and operates 9 employee resource groups including Atlassian Pride.

Block announced layoffs affecting 931 employees, approximately 8% of its workforce, following a previous round of roughly 1,000 layoffs in January 2024. CEO Jack Dorsey categorized the cuts as 391 people eliminated for being 'off strategy,' 460 workers terminated for performance (scoring below on internal metrics), and 80 managers removed to flatten the hierarchy. The layoffs were communicated via a company-wide email from Dorsey.

In March 2025, senior Trump administration officials including the National Security Advisor used Signal to discuss classified military strike plans against Yemen's Houthis, and inadvertently added The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the group. While this demonstrated trust in Signal's encryption, it highlighted that the app was not approved for classified communications.