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Veena Dubal

@veenadubal
47 posts
2025-12-29
“Still, Ms. Redwine, the Kickstarter employee turned labor organizer, said layoffs and pressure from management had made many tech workers sympathetic to steps they would have previously regarded as unimaginable, even if they aren't in a position to strike.”  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
2025-12-29 View on X
New York Times

How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage

@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Veena Dubal / @veenadubal : “Still, Ms. Redwine, the Kickstarter employee turned labor organizer, said layoffs and pressure from m...

2024-09-08
This is an amazing deep dive by ⁦@levisu⁩ about how the gig companies are not even bothering to do what is required of them by Prop 22. https://calmatters.org/...
2024-09-08 View on X
CalMatters

An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers.  But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.

2024-09-07
This is an amazing deep dive by ⁦@levisu⁩ about how the gig companies are not even bothering to do what is required of them by Prop 22. https://calmatters.org/...
2024-09-07 View on X
CalMatters

An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers.  But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.

2024-03-29
This is the BEST analysis on the proposed Tik Tok ban that I have read. @mer__edith reminds us of something we desperately need to remember amidst rising authoritarianism around the world—we must be weary of ALL attempts to centralize power—in both corporations & nation states.
2024-03-29 View on X
LPE Project

Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks

Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to a...

2022-10-19
If you care about democracy, racial & economic equality, the role of tech billionaires in upending all these things, you *have* to read this detailed piece by ⁦@SilvermanJacob⁩ about David Sacks & far right tech influence over local & nat'l politics. https://newrepublic.com/...
2022-10-19 View on X
New Republic

A profile of venture capitalist and former PayPal COO David Sacks, who is using his wealth and online clout to lead a reactionary movement against liberalism

Last month, Chesa Boudin, the former district attorney of San Francisco, spoke with the leftist podcaster and political commentator Katie Halper …

2022-09-19
This incredible piece on how Russian Trolls worked to destroy unity in the Women's March by focusing specifically on ⁦@lsarsour⁩ is terrifying. In addition to fracturing a movement ideologically, they created intense, dangerous forms of harassment. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-09-19 View on X
New York Times

How Russia's IRA troll factories tweeted a torrent of fabricated narratives against the US Women's March and its leaders for 18 months, fracturing the movement

As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia's disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.

2022-07-29
This is the correct way to deal w/attempts to create monopolies : “At the heart of the F.T.C.'s lawsuit is.. that regulators can apply antitrust law w/o waiting for a market to mature to the point where it is clear which companies hold the most power.” https://www.nytimes.com/...?
2022-07-29 View on X
New York Times

Lina Khan's attempt to block Meta's Within acquisition upends decades of antitrust standards and could shift how DC regulates competition in nascent industries

Lina Khan may set off a shift in how Washington regulates competition by filing cases in tech areas before they mature.

2022-07-12
“The company approach in these places was essentially to break the law, show how amazing Uber's service was, and then change the law. My job was to go above the heads of city officials, build relations with the top level of government, and negotiate.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2022-07-12 View on X
The Guardian

Mark MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, comes forward as the leaker of 124K+ files, says Uber flouted laws and sold a lie

2022-07-11
This confirms years of reporting that Uber operated like the mafia to create regulatory environments that were conducive to its functioning. And it's still meaningfully profitable!!! https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-11 View on X
The Guardian

A trove of 124k+ internal Uber documents from 2013 to 2017 reveals management discussions and lobbying efforts during the company's aggressive global expansion

- More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian  — Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne

2022-04-07
Almost two decades ago, OSHA found that taxi drivers were over 20x more likely to be murdered on the job than other workers. Of course the same is true for ride-hail drivers. And yet, they are systematically deprived of workers' compensation. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-07 View on X
The Markup

A report finds over 50 US gig workers were murdered while working since 2017; the families say Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and others offer little support

2022-01-10
The trouble with Roblox, the video game empire built on child labour: “The game-makers scheduled a call with their young team and announced they were now making the children independent contractors with fixed salaries.” H/t ⁦@hypervisible⁩ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
2022-01-10 View on X
The Guardian

Roblox's aim of encouraging children to make games has been its key to success but is fraught with dangers, as some face stress, burnout, and exploitation

Young developers on the platform used by many millions of children claim they have been financially exploited, threatened with dismissal and sexually harassed Tweets: @simonparkin ...

2021-11-20
Me: “This is a win for workers because it shows that Apple knows they would have lost...But it also underscores how little the law deters unfair labor practices, and how little workers can get when their rights to organize are violated.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
2021-11-20 View on X
NBC News

Internal memo: Apple affirms that employees have the right to discuss working conditions and pay internally and externally

Following months of internal controversy about how much workers make at one of the highest valued companies in the world, Apple has announced that employees …

2021-10-13
Facebook's list of “dangerous” individuals and organizations is ALARMING...and reflects a racist ‘samuel huntington’-esque world view. It also reflects the ways in which Facebook behaves like a completely unaccountable government. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-13 View on X
The Intercept

The Intercept publishes Facebook's secret blacklist of ~4,000 “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” that users are barred from speaking favorably about

To ward off accusations that it helps terrorists spread propaganda, Facebook has for many years barred users …

2021-08-23
“Even by Musk's standards, it was a bizarre and brilliant bit of tomfoolery: a multipurpose sideshow that trolled Tesla skeptics, fed the fans, ginned up the share price, and created some eye-catching headlines” https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-23 View on X
The Verge

Elon Musk's “Tesla Bot” is a distraction and an empty promise, considering the progress of Boston Dynamics' Atlas, which has been in development for 10+ years

A distraction and an empty promise  —  After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI …

2021-08-22
“Even by Musk's standards, it was a bizarre and brilliant bit of tomfoolery: a multipurpose sideshow that trolled Tesla skeptics, fed the fans, ginned up the share price, and created some eye-catching headlines” https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-22 View on X
The Verge

Elon Musk's “Tesla Bot” is a distraction and an empty promise, considering the progress of Boston Dynamics' Atlas, which has been in development for 10+ years

A distraction and an empty promise  —  After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI …

2021-08-21
The ways in which the investors who drove this decision define “vice” is perverse. Leaving sex workers whose livelihoods have come to depend on OnlyFans out to dry...no problem. Watching porn...evil. 🙄 We need to have critical conversations about what constitutes a moral economy. https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-21 View on X
Bloomberg

OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any “sexually explicit conduct” starting in October, but will allow nude photos and videos

The ways in which the investors who drove this decision define “vice” is perverse. Leaving sex workers whose livelihoods have come to depend on OnlyFans out to dry...no problem. Watching porn...evil. 🙄 We need to have critical conversations about what constitutes a moral economy. https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-21 View on X
The Verge

OnlyFans shares new TOS for “sexually explicit conduct”: no intercourse, masturbation, exhibition of genitals; any such content must be removed before Dec. 1

Sex and masturbation, whether simulated or real, aren't allowed  —  On Thursday the video and image sharing site …

2021-08-20
The ways in which the investors who drove this decision define “vice” is perverse. Leaving sex workers whose livelihoods have come to depend on OnlyFans out to dry...no problem. Watching porn...evil. 🙄 We need to have critical conversations about what constitutes a moral economy. https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-20 View on X
Bloomberg

OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any “sexually explicit conduct” starting in October, but will allow nude photos and videos

- Popularity of the website has exploded during the pandemic  — Many sex workers use OnlyFans to charge customers online

2021-08-03
F*ck You Pay Me “functions as a..Glassdoor for influencers, where creators can leave reviews of brands.., share ad rates, and give and get other crucial information for negotiating sponsored content deals. The aim: to have creators be paid more equitably.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-08-03 View on X
New York Times

A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates

Taylor Lorenz / New York Times :

2021-04-28
“Twitch has also become a place where right-wing personalities spread election and vaccine conspiracy theories, often without playing any video games. It is part of a shift at the platform, where streamers have branched out...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-04-28 View on X
New York Times

Twitch has grown in popularity among QAnon adherents and far-right influencers, making it easy for streamers to make money while spreading conspiracy theories