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Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no end in sight’ for Facebook employees working from home (CNBC)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 06:33Amazon extends work from home order until January 8 (CNBC)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 16:43Secretary of State Pompeo imposes visa restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech companies, citing human rights abuses
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US will impose visa restrictions on Chinese technology firms, the latest move expected to strain relations between Washington and Beijing. “State Department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of Chinese tech companies like Huawei, that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally,” Sec Pompeo said.
How remote work risks a new digital jobs divide for minorities
The mass migration to remote work helped companies solve a major coronavirus challenge, but the recent civil unrest has exposed diversity and opportunity gaps across the U.S., which telecommuting is beginning to exacerbate. Low-income students and students of color entering the workforce are struggling to overcome a telecommuting digital divide. The data is starting to back up the personal experience.
Proposed regulations over internet companies could change free speech online (CNBC)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 06/28/2020 - 15:36Coca-Cola pauses advertising on all social media platforms globally (CNBC)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 06/28/2020 - 11:31House Speaker Pelosi says advertisers should use their leverage to force social media companies to stop spreading misinformaiton
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) encouraged companies that advertise on social media to use their “tremendous leverage” to push platforms to crack down on disinformation. “Know your power,” Speaker Pelosi said. “Advertisers are in a position, they have power to discourage platforms from amplifying dangerous and even life-threatening disinformation. Some major advertisers and some not so major have begun to express objections to platform policies that promote voter fraud and violence ...