Author: Zach_Wilson
Amazon Workers In Sacramento Are Demanding Paid Time Off
Amazon delivery station employees in Sacramento are demanding fair treatment and benefits equal to those of other Amazon workers. By Sunday, more than 200 workers had signed a petition requesting an explanation for why they receive fewer paid days off per year than typical Amazon warehouse workers. These workers, who…
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Four Engineers Allege Google Fired Them For Speaking Up. Now They Want The NLRB To Investigate.
Four recently fired Google engineers who were active in company worker movements say they will push for a federal investigation into the search and advertising giant for unfair labor practices. On Tuesday, the four former employees announced their intent to file charges with the National Labor Relations Board for what…
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New Lawsuit Alleges Mailchimp Facilitated Sex Trafficking
A woman who alleges she was sex-trafficked as a result of an email sent via Mailchimp, an email marketing platform, is suing the company. The lawsuit, filed last week in Georgia, will challenge the relative immunity of tech platforms from legal responsibility — and damages — for what users post…
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Tinder Lets Known Sex Offenders Use The App. It’s Not The Only One.
This article is copublished with Columbia Journalism Investigations and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Susan Deveau saw Mark Papamechail’s online dating profile on Plenty of Fish in late 2016. Scrolling through his pictures, she saw a 54-year-old man, balding and broad, dressed in a T-shirt. Papamechail…
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This Man’s Post Was The First To Be “Corrected” By Facebook Under Singapore’s Fake News Law
Facebook Issues Correction To Alex Tan’s Post Under Singapore Fake News Law back to top Source
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After Google Announced New Political Ad Rules, Michael Bloomberg Spent An Estimated $1 Million
Ex–New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg began his campaign for president last week with the purchase of a decaf coffee and a slew of ads on Google searches for climate change, guns, and President Donald Trump’s tweets. The Bloomberg campaign’s ad blitz debuted less than two weeks after Google said…
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