2022-12-14
BREAKING: We are supporting a major new lawsuit just filed against Facebook in Kenya's High Court seeking fundamental changes to how FB's algorithm fuels viral hate and violence - harming some 500m people across Eastern and Southern Africa. https://www.nbcnews.com/... -@emrosenberg
Washington Post
The son of a murdered Ethiopian professor files a lawsuit against Meta in Kenya, alleging Meta's algorithms promote hateful and violent content for engagement
Lawsuit alleges the social media giant is fueling violence and hate across Eastern and Southern Africa.
Fisseha Tekle is a Legal Advisor and former Ethiopia researcher at @Amnesty. His independent reports into violence by all parties to Ethiopia's war made him a target for abuse. He's joined the case because Facebook made his rights work even harder and more dangerous. https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
The son of a murdered Ethiopian professor files a lawsuit against Meta in Kenya, alleging Meta's algorithms promote hateful and violent content for engagement
Lawsuit alleges the social media giant is fueling violence and hate across Eastern and Southern Africa.
2022-09-30
It's not over. Palantir is now bidding for a HUGE £360m contract to manage NHS health records. But 50+ groups in our No Palantir alliance - & MPs from @DawnButlerBrent to @DavidDavisMP - agree: companies that help harm people don't belong in the NHS. (*Dr Thiel pic AI-generated) https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Internal Palantir documents detail a plan to deepen its ties to the UK's NHS by buying up smaller rivals, helping avoid scrutiny and increase health data
Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK's National Health Service without public scrutiny. Tweets: @oliviasolon , @parismarx , @xtophercook ,...
2022-08-02
“If moderators winced or screamed during orientation, Wisam — knowing the lasting effects of the job — would encourage them to find other work. But they usually stayed because of the lack of other opportunities.” Poverty drives people to these dangerous jobs. Big TikTok exposé: https://twitter.com/...
Insider
As TikTok grows in the Middle East and North Africa, its regional content moderators complain of psychological distress and pay of around $2 to $3 per hour
- As TikTok gains in popularity in the Middle East and North Africa, it's ramping up its content moderation operation in the region.
2022-06-04
This Amazon exec resigned today. He was widely known for efforts to prevent workers from collectively organizing. Execs like this should not get to ride into the sunset with millions. We demand justice for the workers impacted by his greed. https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Amazon says Dave Clark, CEO of its Worldwide Consumer division, will step down after 23 years with the company; his last day in the office will be July 1, 2022
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
2022-02-14
This is a SERIOUSLY disturbing story - read Billy's thread for the top lines. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
TIME
Interviews and documents reveal traumatic working conditions at a Facebook content moderation facility in Nigeria, run by Sama, with pay as low as $1.50/hour
This story is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Sama employees, as well as hundreds of pages …
@billyperrigo cites a dozen+ staff complaining of abuses at FB/@SamaAI. “The work that we do is a kind of mental torture,” one says. “Whatever I am living on is hand-to-mouth. I can't save a cent. Sometimes I feel I want to resign. But then I ask myself: what will my baby eat?”
TIME
Interviews and documents reveal traumatic working conditions at a Facebook content moderation facility in Nigeria, run by Sama, with pay as low as $1.50/hour
This story is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Sama employees, as well as hundreds of pages …
💫NEW💫: Over 100 moderators at Facebook's biggest outsourcing office in Africa rose up against exploitation. Bosses - at ‘ethical AI’ firm @SamaAI - fired the leader, Daniel Motaung. We're working with him to defend workers' right to a union. In @TIME: https://time.com/...
TIME
Interviews and documents reveal traumatic working conditions at a Facebook content moderation facility in Nigeria, run by Sama, with pay as low as $1.50/hour
This story is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Sama employees, as well as hundreds of pages …
2021-06-25
The more resources devoted to tackle the concentration of big tech's power, the better. Unions in every country should follow suit. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
The Teamsters, one of the largest labor unions in the US, votes to support, fund, and supply resources to employees of Amazon in their unionization efforts
@greenhousenyt https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : Amazon's $15/hour wage does raise wages for some, but it cuts the wages of many more, because the l...
2021-05-27
This makes NHS health data of *massive* interest to researchers. So far, so good - we all want the NHS to come out of the pandemic stronger. But there are issues: who gets access? On what terms? Who can patients trust? And who benefits - us, the NHS, or private companies?
Financial Times
England's NHS says it will pool medical histories of 55M people, including mental and sexual health info, to share with third parties; opt-out date is June 23
In many ways, this fight is about the future of the NHS. The NHS sits atop the most valuable trove of health data in the world. Why? For years, your GP record has been stored not in doctor's scrawled notes but using GP codes, which a computer can ‘read’. (h/t @marcus_baw)
Financial Times
England's NHS says it will pool medical histories of 55M people, including mental and sexual health info, to share with third parties; opt-out date is June 23
⏰BREAKING: HMG quietly rolled out a scheme to seize - & sell access to - the health data of every man, woman, and child in England. Patients weren't asked. Legal issues? We think so. So we helped @JustTreatment send a legal letter. @madhumita29 in @FT: https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
England's NHS says it will pool medical histories of 55M people, including mental and sexual health info, to share with third parties; opt-out date is June 23
2021-05-17
“The Foxglove team have shown that a few fearless, nimble lawyers can have outsized impact in challenging tech giants,” said Harry Briggs. Thank you @parmy & @WSJ! https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Profile of Foxglove, a tech-activism group famous for pushing UK into reassessing its use of algorithms, that's challenging Facebook and Uber on worker rights
Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @catkins989 , @avilarenata , @rikefranke , @seyiakiwowo , @leonieclaude , @foxglovelegal , and @timcohn Tweets: Catkins / @catkins989 :...
2020-11-20
Breaking: More than 200 @Facebook content moderators (and supporting employees) from across the US and Europe have published a demand for better protections - and full employment rights - during the pandemic. https://www.foxglove.org.uk/ ...
The Verge
Facebook's Q3 transparency report: 0.1%-0.11% of what users see violates hate speech rules; 95% of hate speech takedowns are proactive, up from 24% in 2017
Lawmakers and moderators criticized its policies this week — Facebook says it is proactively detecting more hate speech using artificial intelligence.
Breaking: More than 200 @Facebook content moderators (and supporting employees) from across the US and Europe have published a demand for better protections - and full employment rights - during the pandemic. https://www.foxglove.org.uk/ ...
CNBC
Facebook defends its decision to bring content moderators back to offices, saying some sensitive and graphic content can't be reviewed at home
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC :
2020-11-19
Breaking: More than 200 @Facebook content moderators (and supporting employees) from across the US and Europe have published a demand for better protections - and full employment rights - during the pandemic. https://www.foxglove.org.uk/ ...
New York Times
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections
Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
This is the biggest joint international effort of Facebook content moderators yet. We are proud to have worked with them to do it. Many more moderators in other sites wanted to sign, but were too intimidated by Facebook - these people are risking their livelihood to speak out.
New York Times
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections
Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
What a bogus statement from FB spokesperson: 1. They don't deny active COVID cases on moderator floor. 2. It totally ignores core demand to take workers in-house as TikTok has done. 3. They say they have 15k mods when asked about condtns but 35k when asked about hate speech. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections
Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
Facebook can well afford this. It is a $780bn company. Zuck's personal wealth passed $100bn during the pandemic. TikTok is bringing moderators in house. It's time for Facebook to treat these workers with the dignity and respect they deserve.
New York Times
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections
Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
@shannonpareil @Gainington Content moderators remain very scared of getting fired by FB for taking collective action, this effort took a lot of time for them to organize and do it in a way where those who wish to stay anon could do so.
New York Times
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections
Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.