AT&T Inc. — Ethics Grade C-

AT&T Inc. receives an overall ethics grade of C- (40/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Telecommunications. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 50
• privacy: 20
• consumer: 30
• environment: 45
• humanRights: 50

Documented incidents (2)

• Massive customer data breach (high, 2023) — Data breach exposed personal info of 73 million current and former customers including SSNs and passcodes.
• Fake 5G marketing (medium, 2019) — FTC warned AT&T for misleading "5GE" branding on 4G phones, deceiving millions of customers.

Documented good deeds

• Digital divide initiatives — Connected 6M+ underserved Americans through $2B broadband infrastructure investment.

Ethical alternatives

• Mint Mobile — Affordable wireless with transparent pricing and minimal overhead costs.