There is "no place at our company for any type of harassment, discrimination or unequal treatment of any kind" says Activision Blizzard CEO @BobbyKotick opening the Q2 earnings call
CFO: "If we experience prolonged periods of adverse publicity, significantly reduced productivity or other negative consequences relating to this matter [widespread allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination], our business likely would be adversely affected."
Striking that every exec has started their spiel by talking about the company's commitment to inclusivity & almost every investor is asking about the impact of the harassment/discrimination allegations on the business.
aaaand their head of HR has also left the company theverge.com/2021/8/3/22608…
And this might explain why execs were so remorseful on the investor call yesterday

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4 Aug
It's striking to see how Facebook appears to be cracking down on -- or ignoring -- research that reflects badly on the platform.

Internally it has ignored hate speech & disinfo research & hobbled CrowdTangle.

& now it's shutting down external researchers' access to FB data.
Here's my reporting from last June on Facebook management ignoring research internal looking at racial bias on the platform: nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Then there was the pandering to conservatives who were violating the company's misinformation policies -- something many employees were up in arms about, but again management ignored them.

nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
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28 Apr
FB India is currently censoring posts calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister
I just used a VPN to check and this is still active. Outside of India, most posts using this hashtag are about the censorship
What's going on @Liz_Shepherd @andymstone?
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27 Apr
As warehouses boom in California's Inland Empire, neighboring communities struggle to breathe

My latest with @aprilaser

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"Families in the Inland Empire are being treated like sacrifices," said @emahlee, a founding member of @AMZNforClimate. "It's as if their lives don't matter as much, and that's wrong and needs to be stood up against. It's unacceptable."

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Amazon has made a bold climate pledge to be net zero carbon by 2040, including a wide range of offsetting programs. But offsetting won't help those breathing the diesel fumes from truck traffic in the Inland Empire

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25 Mar
Dying to know which Amazon comms person was tasked with trying to discredit the widely reported issue of some drivers feeling so pressured to hit productivity rates that they pee into bottles
Ditto the FB comms people who have to clean up the comments under Zuck's posts
My DMs are open to comms people who want to talk about the worst company line they ever had to toe
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3 Mar
NEW: In the weeks after Kim Johnson sued her hospital for failing to spot her cancer, hospital workers edited her medical records to make it look like Kim was at fault, her lawyers allege
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The alleged coverup was only discovered after 3 years of litigation & thousands of dollars spent on a digital forensic expert to get hold of the full electronic medical record including the ‘audit trail’ - a log of who accessed and modified the record

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/k…
The case highlights some of the problems with electronic medical records, which were supposed to bring transparency and accountability to healthcare.

In malpractice cases, some hospitals will do anything avoid releasing the full record & audit trail

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16 Feb
Zoom schooling has been a nightmare for many families, but it's been particularly tough for kids with ADHD (or suspected ADHD) nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Pediatricians and psychiatrists say they've seen an influx in requests from parents to evaluate their kids for ADHD or start them on ADHD meds nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Calls to @CHADD_ADHD, a helpline for people with ADHD, have surged by 62% since the start of the pandemic

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