Memo: Google fires four employees, citing data-security violations, amid rising tension between management and staff
But Critics Say It's Retaliation for Protesting Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Googlers say the company is trying to crush worker organization after it fired 4 people Cara Curtis / The Next Web : G...
Freedom House report concludes global internet freedom declined for the ninth year in 2019; surveillance and disinformation have increased, including in the US
and social media is to blame Cara Curtis / The Next Web : Study: Social media to blame for declining internet freedom this decade — it's down to US to fix Tweets: @bpolitics : The internet is less fre...
Two new California laws crack down on deepfakes in politics and porn, with one giving citizens the right to sue if they are placed in porn without their consent
nearly all deepfakes are being made for porn Cara Curtis / The Next Web : California makes deepfakes illegal to curb revenge porn and doctored political videos Jennings Brown / Gizmodo : California Ba...
San Francisco Pride says Google can still participate in parade after ~100 Googlers petitioned it to drop Google as a sponsor over handling of LGBTQ+ issues
and successful April Glaser / Slate : The Wayfair Walkout Is a Different Kind of Tech Worker Protest Christine Fisher / Engadget : Google employees petition to ban the company from SF Pride Alyssa New...