Category: violations

Amazon employees say they were threatened for climate change criticism

Post author By Randall
Post date January 2, 2020
Categories In Amazon, big tech, business, Climate Change, communication policy, employees, environment, environmental policies, external communications, Google, green, policies, protests, rules, Tech, termination, threatened, tomorrow, violations

[ad_1] In October, the employees, Maren Costa and Jamie Kowalski, told The Washington Post that Amazon contributes to climate change by supporting oil- and gas-company exploration with its cloud computing business. Both employees say they were subsequently called into meetings with human resources, where they were accused of violating the company’s external communications policy. Costa […]

Google to settle YouTube child privacy violations for up to $200 million

Post author By Randall
Post date August 30, 2019
Categories In business, child privacy, childrens online privacy protection act, coppa, federal trade commission, Ftc, gear, Google, Internet, million, minors, Politics, Security, settlement, targeted ads, targeted advertising, Tech, violations, Youtube

[ad_1] The FTC approved the fine last month, but this is the first time the dollar amount has been reported. At the moment, details on the other terms of the settlement are unavailable. Just last week, we learned that YouTube is allegedly planning to ban targeted ads on videos aimed at children. It’s unclear if […]

Instagram will notify you before it disables your account

Post author By Randall
Post date July 18, 2019
Categories In account, accounts, app, appeal, disable, disabled, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, notification, notify, policy, Safety, Security, Tech, violations

[ad_1] While that could mean more accounts get disabled, Instagram will notify users if they’re at risk of being cut off. Users will be able to appeal content deleted for violations including nudity and pornography, bullying and harassment, hate speech, drug sales and counter-terrorism policies. And while users have long been able to appeal disabled […]