A wave of worker-led direct actions that shut down parts of Microsoft’s Redmond campus this month has crystallized a larger crisis facing Big Tech: employee activism colliding with explosive investigative reporting, allegations that commercial cloud and AI services were used in mass surveillance...
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In dicey union negotiations, it seems the modern silent protest is an embargo on tweeting.
Representatives for the News Media Guild are urging union employees of the Associated Press not to promote their stories on Facebook or Twitter early next week.
Reporters often volunteer to spread...
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