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Apple supposedly fired employees due to their role in unionization, according to new reports

Apple has been known to treat unions with some degree of distrust, but now it looks like it could be actively singling out unionized staff and disciplining them unfairly. In a new report from the New York Times, there is evidence and testimony from some unionized staff who've been fired and, in their eyes, treated differently from other employees.This could put Apple in hot water – although, as yet, nothing has happened beyond the affected talking about their experiences.Maryland was the first store to unionize in the…

Fired ByteDance Exec Says China Exerted ‘Supreme’ Data Control

 A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance Inc. who was fired in 2018 said in a lawsuit that the Chinese Communist Party had a special office within the company that gave it “supreme access” to all data, a backdoor channel that he said persisted even after US user data was walled off from individual engineers in China. In a complaint filed Friday in California state court, Yintao “Roger” Yu said he was terminated from his job as head of engineering in the US in retaliation for his complaints to supervisors about…

Executive fired from TikTok’s Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data

A former executive fired from TikTok's parent company ByteDance made a raft of accusations against the tech giant Friday, including that it stole content from competitors like Instagram and Snapchat, and served as a "propaganda tool" for the Chinese government by suppressing or promoting content favorable to the country's interests. The allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance's US operations from August 2017 to November 2018, as part of a wrongful termination…

tiktok: Executive fired from TikTok’s Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suit

A former executive fired from TikTok's parent company ByteDance made a raft of accusations against the tech giant Friday, including that it stole content from competitors like Instagram and Snapchat, and served as a "propaganda tool" for the Chinese government by suppressing or promoting content favorable to the country's interests. The allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance's US operations from August 2017 to November 2018, as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit…

China exerted ‘supreme’ data control, fired ByteDance employee’s lawsuit claims

A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance Inc. who was fired in 2018 said in a lawsuit that the Chinese Communist Party had a special office within the company that gave it “supreme access” to all data, a backdoor channel that he said persisted even after US user data was walled off from individual engineers in China. In a complaint filed Friday in California state court, Yintao “Roger” Yu said he was terminated from his job as head of engineering in the US in retaliation for his complaints to supervisors about…

Tucker Carlson to host Twitter show after being fired from Fox News

Tucker Carlson speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Feszt on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary.Janos Kummer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTucker Carlson is back – on Twitter.The right wing TV personality said in a video on his Twitter feed Tuesday that he is relaunching his show on the social media platform, which is owned by Elon Musk. Carlson was abruptly fired from his prime time post at Fox News weeks ago, shortly after the network paid a settlement to Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation…

RHOBH Star Erika Jayne’s mysterious absence – Did she get demoted or fired? | Hollywood

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills have never been short of drama, and season 13 is shaping up to be no different. The latest buzz surrounding the show is centered around Erika Jayne, who was conspicuously absent from a group dinner scene during the cast's trip to Barcelona, Spain. Erika Jayne at her Las Vegas residency announcement event at Bootsy Bellows on April 19, 2023 in West Hollywood, California.(AFP) Despite the absence of the "Pretty Mess" singer, the rest of the cast didn't let that dampen their…

Priyanka reveals she was `fired from three different movies` after nose surgery

Actor Priyanka Chopra has opened up about how a botched nose surgery impacted her health. On the Howard Stern Show, Priyanka revealed that the botched nose surgery drove her into a `deep depression`, and she even thought it could end her career, E! Online reported. "It was a dark phase," Priyanka said on the Howard Stern Show May 1. "This thing happens, and my face looks completely different, and I went into a deep, deep depression." The 40-year-old further said that she was fired from three different movies after the…

Marvel director ‘asked Matthew Lawrence to strip for role’ and actor’s agency ‘fired’ him when he refused

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMrs Doubtfire child star Matthew Lawrence has claimed he was fired by his agency after refusing to strip for a director who promised him a Marvel role.The actor made the allegation while discussing sexual harassment in the film industry during a podcast interview with his brothers Joey and Andrew Lawrence, who are also actors.“There’s been many times in my life where I’ve been…