Google changes sex-misconduct policy after walkouts

Google said it would end the practice of forced arbitration for claims of sexual harassment or assault after more than 20,000 employees staged a walkout last week to protest how the internet company handles cases of sexual misconduct......»»

The changes come one week after thousands of high-paid engineers and others walked out in protest ov.....»»

In the past several months, the tech giant has seen some high-profile departures; faced a National Labor Relations Board complaint over terminations of employees involved in organizing; and had several hundred employees form a minority union......»»

Google becomes the first big tech company to extend it's broad work-at-home policy beyond next summer......»»

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The pandemic-economic crisis underscores the necessity for a national broadband policy to reach rural areas, and a more even playing field for the economically disadvantaged who either don’t have access to laptops or Wi-Fi......»»

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Google parent Alphabet Inc on Friday announced the retirement of Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, who has been under scrutiny as the board investigated the company's handling of sexual misconduct complaints......»»

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Nissan Motor said on Tuesday that ousted former Chairman Carlos Ghosn's flight from Japan would not affect its policy of holding him responsible for "serious misconduct.".....»»

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The creator of “Fortnite” is challenging Google’s policy of taking a cut of payments made for app-related purchases at a time when regulators have started scrutinizing those kind of arrangements between tech companies and their vendors......»»

Brian Ach/Getty Android founder and former Google exec Andy Rubin has blocked almost all his followers on Twitter, and his account appears to be locked. Rubin has been lying low after an explosive New York Times report last year deta.....»»

The co-founder of DeepMind, the UK’s leading artificial intelligence company, is leaving to take up a role at sister company Google in the U.S......»»

Internet services giant Google LLC is strictening the advertisement policy for political campaigns on its platform. 0 read more.....»»

Alphabet Inc's Google will stop giving advertisers the ability to target election ads using data such as public voter records and general political affiliations, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday......»»

Google is in discussions about changing its political ad policy, according to people familiar with the matter, about a week after Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. publicly diverged on how to handle those ads amid the spread of misinformation......»»

U.S. tech giants have faced mounting pressure to crack down on misinformation on their platforms ahead of the 2020 election cycle......»»