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Peter Vanham, David Meyer

After Facebook and Twitter layoffs, dozens of companies warn against 'irresponsible innovation'

Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower and former employee with Cambridge Analytica, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Credit: Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Hi, Peter Vanham here in Geneva, filling in for Alan.

The specter of political gridlock looms over the U.S. this morning, as the Republicans seem to have taken back the House while the Democrats may hold on to the Senate. But if that quagmire doesn’t set America back, irresponsible innovation may, a group of four dozen tech companies and investments firms warns.

The group, which includes software firm Grammarly, online retailer Warby Parker, Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital VC fund, and the endowment funds of Oxford and Princeton University, is meeting at the inaugural Responsible Innovation Founders Summit tomorrow in New York, San Francisco, and online.

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