Open MIC is a non-profit organization working to foster vibrant and diverse media through market-based solutions.
Our primary tool is shareholder engagement. We promote values of openness, equity, privacy, and diversity – values that we believe provide long-term benefits for companies, the economy and the health of democratic society.
Open MIC believes shareholders have a right and responsibility to add their voices to discussions affecting both traditional and emerging media forms. We aim to deploy the collective power of investment management and advisory firms, mutual fund companies, foundations, pension funds and advocacy groups to help shape corporate media policies and practices.
Open MIC joined a coalition of 17 civil rights, tech policy and privacy organizations in signing a letter of concern about racial bias in "predictive policing" technology. The letter, which accompanied the release of a report by Upturn about the civil rights implications of policing technology, emphasizes the disturbing lack of transparency among both law enforcement and the increasing number of companies who profit from "predictive policing" technology.