The jury has spoken www.theverge.com/policy/91268...
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@laurenfeiner.bsky.social reports for @theverge.com on the lawsuit we and @protectdemocracy.org brought on behalf of @thecoalition.bsky.social. The case challenges a U.S. immigration policy targeting noncitizen researchers for their work studying social media.
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In the face of widespread backlash to the AI data center buildout throughout the US, Google is touting its efforts to minimize the environmental impact by actually increasing water for local communities.
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And now we wait... www.theverge.com/policy/90919...
Martin's actions may be protected by labor law, experts say, but it depends on a number of factors. The incident comes amid a shifting dynamic between workers and management in Silicon Valley, which was once characterized by its extreme tolerance of worker dissent www.theverge.com/policy/90612...
Apple's parental controls announcement at WWDC hits on a key part of the policy debate about who should be responsible for protecting kids online. www.theverge.com/policy/94633...
The next big social media trial that was slated for June is off after the Kentucky school district plaintiff settled with Meta, YouTube, Snap, and TikTok. It's still just one of many. Next state case is up in July, and the first federal one now in January. www.theverge.com/policy/93555...
Teddy Martin says he shared a tool that did not output colleagues' names, and which Pinterest makes accessible to employees, at a time when workers were grasping for more information. Pinterest says he "egged on others" to misuse internal data www.theverge.com/policy/90612...
Pinterest fired two engineers accused of writing a custom script that exposed their recently laid-off colleagues. One of those fired workers is going public for the first time, saying Pinterest mischaracterized the events leading up to his firing. (Gift link) www.theverge.com/policy/90612...
Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. Now, a new study has found that many of these tools share data not just with employers, but with digital advertising platforms and data brokers as well.
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Workers are often even more vulnerable than consumers, the researchers say.
