Sources: some internal estimates show 1,200+ full-time Twitter employees resigned on November 17; Twitter previously laid off ~3,700 of 7,500 staff
Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter's underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.
Since the Ukraine invasion, thousands of Russian tech workers have left the country, an exodus that will fundamentally change the Russian tech industry
Since their country invaded Ukraine, Russian tech workers have left by the thousands. They appear intent on rebuilding their lives and businesses in other countries. Tweets: @nyti...
The DOJ charges four Russian officials for alleged hacking campaigns from 2012 to 2018 on critical US infrastructure, including a Kansas nuclear power plant
Saturday, March 26, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: DiyGarage SoCal Gary Warner / CyberCrime & Doing Time : Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and CISA/FBI's New Era of Transparency C...
The DOJ charges four Russian officials for alleged hacking campaigns from 2012 to 2018 on critical US infrastructure, including a Kansas nuclear power plant
The announcement covered hackings from 2012 to 2018, but served as yet another warning from the Biden administration of Russia's ability to conduct such operations.
People are sending news about Ukraine to Russians using a website that randomly selects from a list of ~20M phone numbers and ~140M email addresses in Russia
Website developed by hackers is new initiative in West's battle to counter Russia's propaganda campaign
TikTok suspends livestreaming and new content uploads in Russia in response to the country's new law that would impose prison terms for spreading “fake news”
Bloomberg :
TikTok plans to start labeling videos from some state-controlled media outlets “over the coming days”, expediting its policy due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
[Thread] the Russia/Ukraine cyberwar reportedly opened with a Russian cyberattack on Viasat's satellite ISP KA-SAT, but Ukraine dominates the information space
per a BSI letter cited below. https://twitter.com/... @hatr : Spiegel now also reporting Viasat was likely hacked, in german gov assessment. Lines up with our reporting that router...
Amazon reaches a nationwide settlement with the NLRB to let its warehouse employees more easily organize, likely affecting over 1M current and former workers
likely more than 1 million people — with notifications of their organizing rights. By @KYWeise https://www.nytimes.com/... Pui-Wing Tam / @puiwingtam : In a year of push-pull betwe...
Amazon reaches a nationwide settlement with the NLRB to let its warehouse employees more easily organize, likely affecting over 1M current and former workers
The agreement's national scope and its concessions to organizing go further than any previous settlement that the e-commerce giant has made.
Some tech workers who quit the Bay Area during the pandemic are trickling back, as Twitter reopens its SF HQ and, along with Google, plans to expand in the area
Kellen Browning / New York Times :
Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names
finally!— that you don't solve the problem of slander sites with exploitative removal policies by inviting victims of them to play Whac-A-Mole with individual listings. https://www...
A new Florida law regulates how Facebook, Twitter, and others moderate speech, with fines for banning candidates; the law exempts companies that own theme parks
The new law, a direct response to Facebook and Twitter's suspension of former President Donald J. Trump, affects candidates for statewide offices.
A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded
Also the Libor transition and Chinese stock bans. Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1462: the bitcoin millionaires with no money, the “clean” CES, the trouble with scotch...
Pinterest to pay $22.5M to settle a gender discrimination suit brought by ex-COO Françoise Brougher, who said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment
The suit had been brought by Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, who said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
How Montreal-based Pornhub profits from child and revenge porn, rape, spy cam and other criminal, non-consensual sex videos
study Billy Steele / Engadget : Recommended Reading: Ted Lasso and the American decline Tweets: Gabriel Dance / @gabrieldance : facebook - the most prolific reporter of child sexua...
Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
then walked back the policy and said it was an ‘error’ Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow David Matthews / TechSpot : Amazon...
Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
The company confirms that an email was sent out in error earlier today — Amazon says that it will not ask employees to remove …
After meeting between leaders of Facebook, ADL, Free Press, NAACP, and Color Of Change, boycott organizers are unconvinced meaningful change will occur
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday afternoon, leaders of four of the organizations coordinating the #StopHateForProfit advertising boycott met …
An independent audit commissioned by Facebook harshly criticizes the company, arguing that some of its decisions were “significant setbacks for civil rights”
An independent audit faulted the social network for “vexing and heartbreaking decisions” that affect its users — and potentially the November elections.