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Twitter is being accused of letting Elliot Page’s deadname trend for approximately 45 minutes despite the platform’s hateful conduct policy.The 35-year-old actor’s deadname – the name he used before coming out as a transgender man in 2020 – was trending on Twitter on Tuesday (5 July).According to Twitter’s hateful conduct policy, users are prohibited from “targeting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to dehumanise, degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected…

Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft on Thursday, June 16 agreed to take a tougher line against disinformation including deep fakes and fake accounts under an updated EU code of practice or face hefty fines.More than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have signed up to the updated Code of Practice on disinformation, the European Commission said.The signatories agree to do more to tackle deepfakes, fake accounts and political advertising while non-compliance can lead to fines as much as 6 percent of a…

Since our last column, another smattering of tech startups has laid off employees. We get it. Layoffs happen. But as we conduct yet another week of analysis into a depressing time in tech, we’re thinking about how these difficult conversations could be a bit less awful if we learned to prioritize care for workers over increasing profit margins. We know that the startup ecosystem is volatile, but severance pay and extended healthcare benefits give employees much more peace of mind as they search for their next…

Microsoft said on Wednesday the company would stop enforcing existing non-compete clauses in the United States, while also committing to a civil rights audit of its workforce policies in 2023.The Redmond, Washington-based software firm said changes to the enforcement of non-compete clauses would not apply to the company's most senior leadership.Microsoft added the civil rights audit of its workforce policies and practices would be conducted by a third party and a report would be published.The software firm also aims to…

When asked about Chatterjee, Google spokesperson Jason Freidenfelds provided a company statement confirming he was “terminated with cause.” Freidenfelds also provided a statement from Zoubin Ghahramani, vice president at Google Research, saying that “we firmly uphold our standard for respectful discourse among our researchers.” Gharamani’s statement did not mention Chatterjee by name.The episode adds to a series of recent internal conflicts at Google that suggest the freewheeling, engineer-centric culture it celebrated as…

NASA is planning to make another attempt at testing the Artemis 1 SLS rocket in early June for the last time before launching it into space. The space agency said it will bring the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in early June for the next wet dress rehearsal attempt. A wet dress rehearsal involves following all the launch-day procedures, including loading the propellant, without actually launching the mission. This activity is aimed at finding…

BharatPe on Tuesday said it has initiated necessary action against a former founder to claw back his restricted shares following a governance review.In a statement, the firm said it will take all steps to enforce its right under the law.In January 2022, the board of BharatPe initiated the corporate governance review of the company.The company had appointed Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), a global professional services firm notable for its work in turnaround management and performance improvement, Shardul Amarchand…

A new book, titled Vajpayee: The Years that Changed India is all set to hit the stands on 25th December to mark the birth anniversary of veteran BJP leader, and former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The book charts the course of Vajpayee’s prime ministership and tries to give the readers a glimpse into Vajpayee’s thought process and political philosophy. Written by Shakti Sinha, who had worked very closely with Vajpayee during his tenure as the prime minister, and is currently the honorary director of the Atal…

The US federal judge hearing the government's antitrust case against Alphabet's Google said on Friday he was not convinced that he had the authority to sanction the company for overzealous use of attorney-client privilege if it occurred before the Justice Department's lawsuit was filed.The department had asked Judge Amit Mehta in a court filing to sanction Google, saying the company's "Communicate with Care" programme, which asked employees to add a lawyer to many emails, was sometimes a "game" to shield communications…