After vocal commitments following George Floyd's murder in 2020, DEI programs at Big Tech companies, including Meta and Google, were in broad retreat in 2023
- After vocal commitments following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, DEI programs in the tech industry are in broad retreat.
Interviews with 20+ people describe GTA developer Rockstar's attempts to change its male-heavy workplace culture, starting in 2018, after complaints and burnout
In the summer of 2020, after a police officer killed George Floyd, Rockstar Games quietly shelved a mode of play it had planned …
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Beloved Growth Team Ha...
Study finds that tech companies that made #BlackLivesMatter pledges after George Floyd's murder had 20% fewer Black employees on average than those that didn't
After the murder of George Floyd last year prompted widespread protests, dozens of companies released public pledges to promote racial justice. Tweets: @johnamaechi Tweets: John Amaechi Obe / @johnama...
Facebook details moderation steps around the trial of Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd, including designating Minneapolis a “high-risk location”
Facebook details moderation steps around the trial of Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd, including designating Minneapolis a “high-risk location”
It's designated Minneapolis a ‘high-risk location’ — Facebook says it's taking extra moderation measures around …
Some Black startup founders are finding it easier to attract investors in 2020, as investors are accessible on Zoom and creating diversity-focused funds
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @mims , @mims , @mims , @ebekiel , @mims , @mims , @stevecase , and @mims Tweets: Christopher Mims / @mims : While the Ubers and the Postmates and (in...
A look at the pandemic's impact on Nextdoor and how CEO Sarah Friar has attempted to promote the concept of “kindness” amid a tumultuous year for the company
The social network for local communities bet on kindness to power it to an IPO. If only the locals don't ruin it. Tweets: @mclendaniel , @table_delete , and @ctrlzee Tweets: Morgan Clendaniel / @mcle...
Black LinkedIn is emerging as a professional analog to Black Twitter since the pandemic and George Floyd's killing, with disagreements about moderation arising
Conversations on race and racism are increasingly happening on LinkedIn. Tweets: Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / @mukhtaryare : LinkedIn's tone has long reflected corporate America: staid, monolithic, white. Now...
Critics contend that predictive policing algorithms need to be dismantled due to biased training data, even as advocates say that algorithms can be made fair
and things may be getting worse. In the wake of the protests after the killing of George Floyd, some police departments are doubling down on their use of predictive tools. https://www.technologyreview...