Zoom

tech

42 😐

Zoom is an American video‑conferencing platform that published terms of service permitting the company to train artificial intelligence on user data [1]. It has illegally shared user data with large technology firms [2][3] and, at the behest of the Chinese government, suspended the accounts of human‑rights activists discussing the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident [4][5].

Three

telecommunications

38 😡

Three is owned by Vodafone.

Vodafone

telecommunications

38 😡

Vodafone is a British telecommunications company that has engaged in tax avoidance [1][2][3], overcharged customers [4] and violated consumer protection laws [5], while pursuing monopolistic anticompetitive practices [6] and exploitative marketing to consumers [7]. The firm has mistreated store staff [8], discriminated against disabled employees [9], suppressed internet access during the Arab Spring to silence protesters [10][11], and participated in state surveillance [12].

Verizon

telecommunications

38 😡

Verizon is a US telecommunications company that has committed tax avoidance [1], overcharged customers [2], sold customer data without consent [3][4], illegally shared customers' location data [5], leaked customer data in a data breach [6], and committed environmental violations [7]. Verizon has collaborated with NSA to spy on phone calls of millions of people [8], and has several billion in US military contracts [9].

O2

telecommunications

34 😡

O2 is jointly owned by liberty-global and Telefonica.

Telefonica

telecommunications

34 😡

Telefonica is a Spanish telecommunications company that has been involved in bribery [1][2] and has faced allegations of disability discrimination against employees [3]. Employees have also suffered sexual harassment at the company [4][5].

Telxius

telecommunications

34 😡

Telxius is owned by Telefonica.

Virgin Media

telecommunications

34 😡

Virgin Media is owned by O2.

Deutsche Telecom

telecommunications

33 😡

Deutsche Telecom is a German telecommunications company that has abused its monopoly position [1] and exploited monopoly power to squeeze margins [2], while being linked to corruption in South Africa [3] and engaging in bribery and falsifying records to secure contracts [4][5]. The company has also committed data breaches and illegal processing of customer call records [6], illegally accessed employee call records [7], spied on journalists, customers, executives, shareholders, and engaged in illegal wiretapping and coverups [8][9][10].

Magyar Telekom

telecommunications

33 😡

Magyar Telekom is owned by Deutsche Telecom.

Makedonski Telekom

telecommunications

33 😡

Makedonski Telekom is owned by Deutsche Telecom.

Magenta Telekom

telecommunications

33 😡

Magenta Telekom is owned by Deutsche Telecom.

Slovak Telekom, a.s.

telecommunications

33 😡

Slovak Telekom, a.s. is owned by Deutsche Telecom.

Orange

telecommunications

25 😡

Orange is a French telecommunications company that has been accused of restricting access to file sharing sites [1], false advertising [2], and violations of open access licences [3][4]. The company has also faced allegations of anticompetitive monopolistic practices [5], customer privacy violations [6], corruption [7], and poor working conditions leading to suicides [8][9][10].

Globecast

telecommunications

25 😡

Globecast is owned by Orange.

BT

telecommunications

20 😡

BT is a British telecommunications company that supplied military infrastructure used in drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia [1], overcharged customers by £600 million and concealed information about those overcharges [2][3][4], and engaged in price‑fixing schemes that underpaid freelancers [5]. It has also been responsible for failures that crippled the UK's emergency call handling system [6] and for unsafe working conditions that contributed to a technician's death due to lack of training [7].

Openreach

telecommunications

20 😡

Openreach is owned by BT.

Plusnet

telecommunications

20 😡

Plusnet is owned by BT.

EE

telecommunications

20 😡

EE is owned by BT.

Sky

telecommunications

12 👺

Sky is owned by Comcast.