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‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
US unions‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditionsUnion leaders say a strike will start Monday if there is no deal with studios as workers describe low pay and grueling days without breaks Michael SainatoFri 15 Oct 2021 05.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 15 Oct 2021 12.55 EDTAt the start of the pandemic, Hollywood productions abruptly shut down, leaving many workers out of work before things began to resume with Covid-19 safety protocols in place.Since then, workers in Hollywood say they have worked long schedules and endured increased workloads, including staggering work because of social distancing; wearing and distributing personal protective equipment through long work days; and regularly getting tested for Covid-19.“We were working at breakneck speeds, and that was something that was supposed to have changed. We were supposed to have the time we needed to work in that kind of environment,” said Mike Loomer, a set dresser in Hollywood and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 44 member.“The only thing that changed is what we had to endure to make the product that they had to have to get out for the public to see.”Studios will again go quiet around the US as IATSE leaders say its 60,000 members will go on strike from 12.01 PT on Monday if a deal is not reached with employers. It would be the first such national strike since the IATSE was formed 128 years ago.Members of …
AT&T funds rightwing channel One America News, Reuters reveals
07/10/2021 Comments Off on AT&T funds rightwing channel One America News, Reuters revealsMediaAT&T funds rightwing channel One America News, Reuters revealsOAN founder said the inspiration for the channel came from AT&T executives but the company disputes the reports S …
Continue reading …Facebook whistleblower accuses firm of serially misleading over safety
05/10/2021 Comments Off on Facebook whistleblower accuses firm of serially misleading over safetyFacebookFacebook whistleblower accuses firm of serially misleading over safety Frances Haugen filed at least eight complaints against the company regarding its approach to safety Dan Milmo Global technology editorTue 5 Oct 2021 07.50 EDTLast modified on Tue 5 Oct 2021 08.44 EDTThe Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, who testifies at the US Congress on Tuesday, has filed at least eight complaints with the US financial watchdog accusing the social media company of serially misleading investors and politicians over its approach to safety.The complaints, published online by the news programme 60 Minutes late on Monday, hours before Haugen’s testimony to US senators at 10am EDT (3pm BST), are based on tens of thousands of internal documents that Haugen copied shortly before she quit Facebook in May.The complaints and testimony from Haugen, who stepped forward on Sunday as the source of a damning series of revelations in the Wall Street Journal, are taking place against a backdrop of operational chaos for Facebook, whose platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp, went offline around the world for nearly six hours on Monday.The first whistleblower complaint filed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission relates to the 6 January riots in Washington, when crowds of protesters stormed the Capitol, and alleges that Facebook knowingly chose to permit political misinformation and contests statements made by its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to the contrary.“Our anonymous client is disclosing original evidence showing that Facebook … has, for years past and ongoing, …
Continue reading …Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen
04/10/2021 Comments Off on Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances HaugenFacebookFacebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances HaugenInternal papers show firm is lying about making progress against hate, violence and misinformation, ex-employee says Kari Paul and Dan MilmoMon 4 Oct 2021 06.12 EDTFirst published on Sun 3 Oct 2021 20.27 EDTA former Facebook employee has accused the company of putting profit over the public good, after coming forward as the whistleblower who leaked a cache of internal documents that have placed the tech firm in its worst crisis since the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Frances Haugen, 37, said the thousands of documents she had collected and shared with the Wall Street Journal and US law enforcement showed the company was lying to the public that it was making significant progress against hate, violence and misinformation.“The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook. And Facebook, over and over again, chose to optimise for its own interests, like making more money,” she said.In an interview with the news program 60 Minutes on Sunday, Haugen explained her decision to speak out about the internal workings of Facebook, saying she had become alarmed by what she perceived as company policies that prioritized profit over public safety.“The version of Facebook that exists today is tearing our societies apart and causing ethnic violence around the world,” she said.Haugen said she was recruited to join Facebook as …
Continue reading …As a whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in Facebook?
01/10/2021 Comments Off on As a whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in Facebook?FacebookAs a whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in Facebook?Pressure grows on social network after US senators challenge Instagram over impact of app on children’s mental health Dan Milmo Global technology editorSat 2 Oct 2021 01.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 2 Oct 2021 05.28 EDTUS lawmakers have left Facebook in no doubt this week that revelations about the impact of its Instagram app on teen mental health have further damaged the company’s reputation. The Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal said the social network was “indefensibly delinquent” in its behaviour and had “chosen growth over children’s mental health”, after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Facebook’s internal research had flagged concerns that its photo-sharing app was damaging the wellbeing of young users.The pressure on Facebook is likely to increase on Sunday when a whistleblower appears on US TV to claim that the company is lying to the public and investors about the effectiveness of its attempts to remove hate, violence and misinformation from its platforms.The whistleblower, who has submitted thousands of internal documents to the US financial regulator, will then appear at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.The WSJ report and the whistleblower’s appearance take place against a backdrop of active attempts to rein in the power of Facebook and other tech companies. Here are some of the proposals being considered for regulating Facebook.A break-upThe US competition watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission, has lodged a lawsuit demanding that …
Continue reading …Facebook ‘overpaid in data settlement to avoid naming Zuckerberg’
24/09/2021 Comments Off on Facebook ‘overpaid in data settlement to avoid naming Zuckerberg’Mark ZuckerbergFacebook ‘overpaid in data settlement to avoid naming Zuckerberg’Lawsuit alleges settlement in Cambridge Analytica case driven by desire to protect founder Dan Milmo Global technology editorFri 24 Sep 2021 11.12 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Sep 2021 11.39 EDTFacebook paid $4.9bn more than necessary to the US Federal Trade Commission in a settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal in order to protect Mark Zuckerberg, a lawsuit has claimed.The lawsuit alleges that the size of the $5bn settlement was driven by a desire to protect Facebook’s founder and chief executive from being named in the FTC complaint.Facebook was fined by the FTC in 2019 for “deceiving” users about its ability to keep personal information private, after a year-long investigation into the Cambridge Analytica data breach, where a UK analysis firm harvested millions of Facebook profiles of US voters.“Zuckerberg, [chief operating officer Sheryl] Sandberg, and other Facebook directors agreed to authorise a multibillion settlement with the FTC as an express quid pro quo to protect Zuckerberg from being named in the FTC’s complaint, made subject to personal liability, or even required to sit for a deposition,” said the shareholder lawsuit filed in Delaware last month but made public this week.The suit quotes a commissioner on the FTC, Rohit Chopra, who said the government “essentially traded getting more money, so that an individual did not have to submit to sworn testimony and I just think that’s fundamentally wrong”.The lawsuit claims that the settlement …
Continue reading …Universal Music chief predicts billions of dollars of growth from digital listening
20/09/2021 Comments Off on Universal Music chief predicts billions of dollars of growth from digital listeningUniversal MusicUniversal Music chief predicts billions of dollars of growth from digital listeningRecord firm’s €40bn flotation is just beginning of new wave of music consumption, says Sir Lucian Grainge ‘Ruthless but good ears’: key architect of music industry revival Mark Sweney@ …
Continue reading …Ethiopia starts building local rival to Facebook
23/08/2021 Comments Off on Ethiopia starts building local rival to FacebookEthiopia starts building local rival to Facebook Government wants its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency has said. For the […]
Continue reading …Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation | Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy
14/08/2021 Comments Off on Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation | Laura Edelson and Damon McCoyFacebook Facebook is obstructing our work on disinformation. Other researchers could be next Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy The company’s hostility to academic scrutiny limits our ability to understand how the platform amplifies political falsehoods Sat 14 Aug 2021 06.00 EDT Last week, Facebook disabled our personal accounts, obstructing the research we lead at New […]
Continue reading …Ad men sacked to improve gender pay gap win sex discrimination claim
23/07/2021 Comments Off on Ad men sacked to improve gender pay gap win sex discrimination claimAdvertisingAd men sacked to improve gender pay gap win sex discrimination claimLondon tribunal rules men axed after director vowed to ‘obliterate’ J Walter Thompson’s reputation of ‘being full of white men’ Rupert Neate@
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