Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Can Tech Executives Be Held Responsible for What Happens on Their Platforms?

A woman clocked in for work at Wells Fargo on Friday at 7 a.m. 4 days later, she was found dead at her desk. 12News


Former Commonwealth Bank of Australia general manager of Infrastructure Engineering has been found guilty of accepting bribes in return for organising IT contracts with the bank.

In the NSW District Court on 8 May, Judge Phillip Mahony found Jon Gordon Waldron guilty of seven counts of corruptly receiving money as a reward for facilitating business opportunities.

Waldron was also found guilty of three counts of assisting Keith Hunter, former CBA Executive Manager in charge of Operations, IT Security, Application Development and IT Engineering, to corruptly receive money.

Former CBA IT manager found guilty of bribery scam







KPMG are the very last people to train civil servants – but that’s what they’re going to do

August Bank Holiday Monday is no a day for news, as this morning’s emails are confirming. But then I noticed that this headline had slipped
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Opinion | Former politician convicted of murdering journalist who reported on him

Plus, two years after she lost, a federal appeals court revives Sarah Palin's defamation suit against The New York 

Nearly two years ago today — Sept. 2, 2022 — Jeff German, an investigative journalist for the Las Vegas Journal-Review, was found stabbed to death outside of his home. Within days, German’s fellow journalists and the police turned their attention to Robert Telles, a Clark County public administrator who was the subject of German’s reporting


NACC boss “misled Dreyfus” over Robodebt


‘Recused’ NACC boss Brereton at Robodebt meeting

Minutes released under FOI show Paul Brereton present throughout the majority of a NACC senior assessment panel meeting on Robodebt, only leaving the room towards the end as a decision was made.


Fermilab is ‘doomed’ without management overhaul claims whistleblower report Physics World

Durov formally charged, released on €5mn bail BNE Intellinews


Pavel Durov and the Abuse of Law Craig Murray


Telegram’s Loudest Defender: The Global Crypto Industry NYT

Aussie billionaire boss' 'forbidden' coffee break claim: 'Hold them captive'


Work to Rule and Open Bargaining Back Down Kroger Warehouse Bosses Labor Notes

 

The slow evaporation of the free/open source surplus Baldur Bjarnason

 

The Shrewd Business Logic of Immigrant CooksJSTOR Daily

 

Labor’s Reckoning: What We Can Learn From the Cold War History of the AFL-CIO Workday Magazine

 

The World’s Call Center Capital Is Gripped by AI Fever — and Fear Bloomberg


Why AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’ TechCrunch

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Can Tech Executives Be Held Responsible for What Happens on Their Platforms? NYT


TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl’s death, US court rules Reutersl


Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can’t It Make a Profit (And How Can It)?Matthew Ball


CrowdStrike estimates the tech meltdown caused by its bungling left a $60 million dent in its salesAP


Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress TechCrunch

 

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