The battle inside Signal - The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is developing features that would make it more vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm. privacy Article 2907 words 31 votes
iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages apple Article 300 words, published Dec 15 2020 6 votes
Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges google privacy Article 278 words 18 votes
Evolving Reddit's workforce - Going forward, Reddit employees will mostly be able to work remotely from wherever they want, and all US employees will be paid the same, regardless of location social media Article 707 words 18 votes
Facebook moderators, working as contractors at Accenture, are being forced to return to the office despite the risk of COVID-19 facebook Article 981 words 8 votes
Inside Amazon’s secret program to spy on workers’ private Facebook groups privacy amazon facebook social media Article 7 votes
Japanese convenience store chain begins testing remote controlled robot staff in Tokyo Article 517 words, published Aug 28 2020 6 votes
Leaked salary spreadsheet reveals Microsoft employee earnings for a second year microsoft Article 442 words 10 votes
Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams google security Article 634 words 16 votes
Facebook fired an employee who collected evidence of right-wing pages getting preferential treatment facebook social media Article 2644 words 14 votes
Facebook’s employees reckon with the social network they’ve built facebook social media Article 4586 words 4 votes
Amazon orders employees to remove TikTok from phones, then backtracks amazon security Article 253 words 10 votes
Bill requires employers to keep implanted microchips voluntary for workers privacy Article 247 words 17 votes
Employees at Crisis Text Line tried telling the board about a pattern of racial insensitivity at the company — but when that didn’t work, they went to Twitter social media Article 4080 words 7 votes
Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest US President Donald Trump posts facebook social media Article 894 words 16 votes
If one of your teammates falls ill, is someone prepared to step up? How to minimize the “bus factor.” Article 1358 words 6 votes
Tesla’s Fremont factory will reduce its workforce from 10,000 to 2,500 workers Article 756 words 8 votes
Supporting Google's extended workforce through the COVID-19 outbreak google Article 340 words 6 votes
EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app security Article 619 words, published Feb 20 2020 14 votes
The Great Google Revolt: Some of its employees tried to stop their company from doing work they saw as unethical. It blew up in their faces. google Article 7517 words 18 votes
HQ Trivia, the top trivia game on the app store in early 2018, is ceasing operations and terminating all staff today Article 11 votes
YouTube moderators are being required to sign a statement acknowledging the job could give them PTSD google social media Article 1550 words 26 votes
Mozilla lays off seventy as it waits for new products to generate revenue Article 1043 words 27 votes
Emotional baggage—Away’s founders sold a vision of travel and inclusion, but former employees say it masked a toxic work environment Article 4625 words 12 votes
The terror queue - Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that's giving them PTSD social media google Article 6184 words 13 votes
Amazon doesn’t report its warehouse injury rates — but we have an inside look amazon Article 204 words 13 votes
Behind the Smiles - Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed amazon Article 5730 words 8 votes
All hands on deck—In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government facebook social media Article 1362 words 11 votes
Kickstarter’s year of turmoil - Multiple employees involved with a "Kickstarter United" effort to unionize have been fired over the past week Article 2611 words 13 votes
Amazon ends controversial practice of using tips to meet drivers’ wage guarantees amazon Article 559 words 8 votes
The fall of Mic was a warning - Lessons from the death of a venture-backed, Facebook-dependent, millennial-focused news site social media facebook Article 7058 words 8 votes
When Myspace was king, employees abused a tool called ‘overlord’ to spy on users privacy social media Article 1201 words 8 votes
Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users browsers security Article 494 words 11 votes
Bodies in seats: At Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives social media facebook Article 6263 words 28 votes
Walmart wants employees to deliver products to your fridge - Available in three cities this fall Link 11 votes
Snapchat employees abused data access to spy on users privacy social media Article 1309 words 11 votes
The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million Article 597 words 7 votes