From cde169e167d7010daee34fde9af3ce02428dc721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devenblake
- Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges (The Verge; Schiffer, Zoe) + Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges (The Verge; Schiffer, Zoe) (Archive link)
- Google says it’s the cleanest cloud, also reveals deal with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company for new cloud region (The Register; Sharwood, Simon) + Google says it’s the cleanest cloud, also reveals deal with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company for new cloud region (The Register; Sharwood, Simon) (Archive link)
What's not mentioned in this headline is that these two statements came in the same announcement. Also, the mentioned oil company is acting as a sponsor to a reseller; Google isn't really selling to the company itself.
- I have resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee (Eden, Terence) + I have resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee (Eden, Terence) (Archive link)
New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in use? (The Register; Claburn, Thomas) (Archive link)
- 'YouTube recommendations are toxic,' says dev who worked on the algorithm (The Next Web; Maack, Már Másson) + 'YouTube recommendations are toxic,' says dev who worked on the algorithm (The Next Web; Maack, Már Másson) (Archive link)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The Google Cemetery (WPKube) ( - Once Again, GDPR Is A Potential Privacy Nightmare: Amazon Sends 1,700 Voice Recordings To The Wrong User In GDPR Request (Techdirt; Masnick, Mike) + Once Again, GDPR Is A Potential Privacy Nightmare: Amazon Sends 1,700 Voice Recordings To The Wrong User In GDPR Request (Techdirt; Masnick, Mike) (Archive link)
- Amazon Told Police It Has Partnered With 200 Law Enforcement Agencies (Vice; Haskins, Caroline) + Amazon Told Police It Has Partnered With 200 Law Enforcement Agencies (Vice; Haskins, Caroline) (Archive link)
Follow the money (Free Thought Blogs; Myers, PZ) (Archive link) @@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ The Google Cemetery (WPKube) (Archive link)
- Amazon Reportedly Has Pinkerton Agents Surveil Workers Who Try To Form Unions (NPR) + Amazon Reportedly Has Pinkerton Agents Surveil Workers Who Try To Form Unions (NPR) (Archive link)
- NSA Chief Who Oversaw Sweeping Domestic Phone Surveillance Joins Amazon Board As Director (ZeroHedge; Pseudonymous ("Durden, Tyler")) + NSA Chief Who Oversaw Sweeping Domestic Phone Surveillance Joins Amazon Board As Director (ZeroHedge; Pseudonymous ("Durden, Tyler")) (Archive link)
- iOS, The Future Of macOS, Freedom, Security And Privacy In An Increasingly Hostile Global Environment (GitHub; Anonymous) + iOS, The Future Of macOS, Freedom, Security And Privacy In An Increasingly Hostile Global Environment
- What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson (Medium; Tufekci, Zeynep) + What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson (Medium; Tufekci, Zeynep) (Archive link)
- Facebook temporarily blocks Black Lives Matter activist after he posts racist email (The Guardian; Levin, Sam) + Facebook temporarily blocks Black Lives Matter activist after he posts racist email (The Guardian; Levin, Sam) (Archive link)
How does Facebook suggest potential friends? Not location data - not now (The Guardian; Hunt, Elle) (Archive link) @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti On Facebook, French Antiracists Fall Victim to Censorship (La Quadrature du Net) (Archive link)
- Publisher's Facebook page deleted after posting criticism of Turkish government (The Guardian; Hern, Alex) + Publisher's Facebook page deleted after posting criticism of Turkish government (The Guardian; Hern, Alex) (Archive link)
- Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people (The Guardiam; Levin, Sam) + Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people (The Guardiam; Levin, Sam) (Archive link)
Instagram submits to Russia censor's demands (BBC) (Archive link) @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti Facebook allowed violent posts by man charged with Ilhan Omar death threat (The Guardian; Swaine, Jon) (Archive link)
- Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed (The Next Web; Mihov, Dimitar) + Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed (The Next Web; Mihov, Dimitar) (Archive link)
Facebook's recent logo drama is a problem on multiple levels (Fast Company; Wilson, Mark) (Archive link) @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti
- Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras (Bloomberg; Burnson, Robert) + Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras (Bloomberg; Burnson, Robert) (Archive link)
Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements (The Guardian; Wong, Julia) (Archive link)
- Facebook Says It's Standing Up Against Apple For Small Businesses. Some Of Its Employees Don't Believe It. (BuzzFeed News; Silverman, Craig; Mac, Ryan) + Facebook Says It's Standing Up Against Apple For Small Businesses. Some Of Its Employees Don't Believe It. (BuzzFeed News; Silverman, Craig; Mac, Ryan) (Archive link)
Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like "Unionize" in Workplace Chat Product (The Intercept; Fang, Lee) (Archive link) @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Lots of these articles are full of fluff but their critiques are still interesti
- Lush admits donating thousands to anti-trans pressure group Woman's Place UK (PinkNews; Duffy, Nick) + Lush admits donating thousands to anti-trans pressure group Woman's Place UK (PinkNews; Duffy, Nick) (Archive link)
- Trans teen dies by suicide after being 'humiliated' for wearing a skirt to school (PinkNews; Kelleher, Patrick) + Trans teen dies by suicide after being 'humiliated' for wearing a skirt to school (PinkNews; Kelleher, Patrick) (Archive link)
Microsoft's Creepy New 'Productivity Score' Gamifies Workplace Surveillance (Gizmodo; Stanley, Alyse) (Archive link)
- ++ Art Fight! The Pinkest Pink Versus the Blackest Black (Wired; Rogers, Adam) (Archive link) +
++ Why everybody's mad at Anish Kapoor (The Architect's Newspaper; Challa, Janaki) +
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