#Columbia U pressured administrator to favor foreign students: lawsuit

#Columbia U pressured administrator to favor foreign students: lawsuit

“Columbia U pressured administrator to favor foreign students: lawsuit” A Columbia University administrator was canned because she wouldn’t “bend” the rules to get international students through the doors of the school’s Teachers College, she claims in a lawsuit. Yocasta Brens, who served as the director of the Office of International Student Services for Columbia’s Teachers…

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#Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen inks book deal

#Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen inks book deal

“#Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen inks book deal” The former Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safety has a book deal. Little, Brown and Co. announced Thursday that it had acquired a planned memoir, “offering…

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#Mark Zuckerberg accuses whistleblowers and media of plotting against Facebook

#Mark Zuckerberg accuses whistleblowers and media of plotting against Facebook

“#Mark Zuckerberg accuses whistleblowers and media of plotting against Facebook” Mark Zuckerberg angrily fired back at a torrent of bad press on Monday, accusing whistleblowers and reporters of plotting against the company as it posted better-than-expected quarterly profits.  “My view is that what we are seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents…

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#Facebook employees flag ethical concerns, rip Zuckerberg

#Facebook employees flag ethical concerns, rip Zuckerberg

“#Facebook employees flag ethical concerns, rip Zuckerberg” Facebook employees say Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with growth has overridden ethical concerns and allowed hate speech and incitements to violence to spread unchecked, internal messages leaked to media outlets show.  “History will not judge us kindly,” one staffer reportedly wrote on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol…

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#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin

#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin

“#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin” The news that the Facebook whistleblower would tell her story to Congress electrified Washington and the tech giant’s critics. Senators from both parties were salivating and whistleblower Frances Haugen didn’t disappoint, with an incisive condemnation of how her former employer knowingly enticed children and young teens in an insatiable…

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#5 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony

#5 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony

“#5 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony” Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified in front of a key Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, sounding the alarm about everything from Instagram’s effect on teen girls to the national security threats posed by Facebook.  She said the company needs to declare “moral bankruptcy.” Prior to her three-hour…

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#Frances Haugen blasts Facebook on Capitol Hill

#Frances Haugen blasts Facebook on Capitol Hill

“#Frances Haugen blasts Facebook on Capitol Hill” The buck should stop with Zuck — but Facebook’s all-powerful CEO has faced no accountability as his social media behemoth has become a national security risk that’s harming children. And lawmakers had better do something about it, fast. That was the urgent plea from whistleblower Frances Haugen, who blasted her ex-employer during Senate testimony on Tuesday,…

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#Whistleblower claims .4B Gulf Coast project is killing dolphins

#Whistleblower claims $1.4B Gulf Coast project is killing dolphins

“#Whistleblower claims $1.4B Gulf Coast project is killing dolphins” A former Louisiana government researcher for marine wildlife says she was fired for blowing the whistle on mass dolphin deaths caused by state-led civil efforts. The Louisiana Illuminator has reported that Mandy Tumlin, who worked for the state’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from 2005 to…

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