Sources: Google and Amazon struggle to lay off workers in Germany, France, and other EU countries due to stringent labor laws and prolonged union negotiations
After announcing the largest rounds of layoffs in their history, US big tech companies are now learning how difficult it is to reduce headcount in Europe. Tweets: @sidhubaba , @carnage4life , @aggichr...
Sources: Republican FTC commissioners and some career officials feel excluded under the current leadership; Lina Khan rejected the claims in an agency-wide memo
Criticized by Republicans, Khan tells agency staffers she aims to build bridges going forward Tweets: @wsj , @hotlinejosh , @karlbode , @brkend , and @sidhubaba Tweets: @wsj : Lina Khan, the new Feder...
Sources: emergency meetings continue inside Facebook amid WSJ exposé, as some research staff decry Facebook's public response in group chats
Read in app Isaiah Poritz / OpenSecrets.org : Facebook maintained big lobbying expenses ahead of Senate hearing on teen social media use Robin Raskin / Techonomy : Instagram for Kids: Doomed from the ...
Facebook employees say discontent at the company has surged over its handling of government demands to take down content in India and Israel
The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent. Tweets: @sidhubaba , @karan_singhs , @sheeraf , @puiwin...
A look at various apps aimed at overseas domestic workers, which can help them find jobs, facilitate money transfers, and report labor abuse
a real risk for many of these already quite vulnerable workers. Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : There are people like Myrna Padilla, once a domestic worker herself, trying to find tech solutions to interv...
After a data blackout of official COVID-19 figures by the Brazilian government, dozens of volunteer developers are working to ensure the information is public
After a data blackout of official Covid-19 figures, Brazilian software developers decided to build alternative tallies. Tweets: @jstrauss , @cengizyar , @mikestucka , @telliotter , @dancow , @fleckgio...
How Foundem's case against Google exposes the flawed argument of a self-correcting internet economy and shows why antitrust laws are essential for tech growth
Critics say the search giant is squelching competition before it begins. Should the government step in? Tweets: @sidhubaba , @henshaw , @markscott82 , @tomwarren , and @nytimes Tweets: Siddhartha Mah...