Cory Doctorow writes about how Zuckerberg's intent to shut down Sarah Wynn-Williams absolutely makes him look like a despot, comparing him to Alexander Lukashenka. It's worth the read, as is...
Cory Doctorow writes about how Zuckerberg's intent to shut down Sarah Wynn-Williams absolutely makes him look like a despot, comparing him to Alexander Lukashenka.
Speaking of thin-skinned, paranoid, wildly corrupt buffoons who will stop at nothing to silence their enemies, how about that Mark Zuckerberg, huh?
It's worth the read, as is Careless People it seems. I normally quote more but it builds upon itself so well I'd have to quote the whole thing. Basically she's now suing to be freed from this arbitration.
This is pretty standard in tech employment contracts and handbooks, I’m not sure you can get a job in that industry without signing something similar. One of the companies I worked for even...
Wynn-Williams's conditions of employment required her to sign a contract that bound her to silence (nondisclosure), forbade her from speaking ill of the company (nondisparagement), and denied her access to the legal system in all her dealings with Meta (binding arbitration).
This is pretty standard in tech employment contracts and handbooks, I’m not sure you can get a job in that industry without signing something similar. One of the companies I worked for even demanded my “undivided loyalty”.
One can hope that this ridiculous situation will someday change that.
Reminds me of the case where someone died at a Disney theme park due to negligence from the company and Disney tried to claim they could not be sued because the victim once had a Disney+ account...
Reminds me of the case where someone died at a Disney theme park due to negligence from the company and Disney tried to claim they could not be sued because the victim once had a Disney+ account with a ToS that states you agree to never take legal action against Disney.
Cory Doctorow writes about how Zuckerberg's intent to shut down Sarah Wynn-Williams absolutely makes him look like a despot, comparing him to Alexander Lukashenka.
It's worth the read, as is Careless People it seems. I normally quote more but it builds upon itself so well I'd have to quote the whole thing. Basically she's now suing to be freed from this arbitration.
Thanks for sharing, it's worth the (fairly short) read. I'll probably pick up Careless People, as well!
This is pretty standard in tech employment contracts and handbooks, I’m not sure you can get a job in that industry without signing something similar. One of the companies I worked for even demanded my “undivided loyalty”.
One can hope that this ridiculous situation will someday change that.
Reminds me of the case where someone died at a Disney theme park due to negligence from the company and Disney tried to claim they could not be sued because the victim once had a Disney+ account with a ToS that states you agree to never take legal action against Disney.
Yea just cause it's standard doesn't mean it should be legal.
"Cult of Silicon Valley" indeed.
Unionizing or government regulation would help too. Not that either seem likely.
I've never had to sign anything similar to these, bar a generic IP nondisclosure thing (ie "don't leak our non-open-source code")