Harassment

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Young workers under 18 years of age occupy a unique and poorly understood position in Australia's labor market. They contribute to crucial industries and the economy, but are uniquely vulnerable. Compared to adults, child workers experience high rates of workplace injuries, bullying and sexual harassment, wage…

The singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson has spoken about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former management company as part of a new parliamentary report, which has called racism and misogyny across the industry “endemic”.Ferguson gave evidence to the women and equalities committee, whose misogyny in music report has on Tuesday recommended the creation of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) to protect women from predatory and abusive practices in music.Ferguson, who rose to prominence…

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking after he was found behaving erratically near Taylor Swift’s New York City home.David Crowe, from Seattle, Washington, was arrested on Monday, with a New York police statement reading: “Officers were approached by multiple complainants who pointed out an emotionally disturbed male acting erratically at the location. Once officers observed the male harassing multiple complainants, they took him to custody without further incidents; no injuries were…

Kat Marie sometimes meets her adult clients in private places, where she swaddles them in baby blankets, fixes bowls of cereal, plays Saturday morning cartoons and even changes their diapers. It’s all in a day’s work as a Denver-based lifestyle model, and building trust and confidence among her clientele is essential. Without it, they won’t pay Kat Marie for her attention as an adult baby caregiver or for her work satisfying other sexual fetishes. But when a fraudulent website in the United Kingdom stole her photograph…

Last December the state of New Mexico sued Meta for failing to protect children, claiming that Facebook and Instagram algorithms recommended sexual content to minors. Now, an unredacted internal Meta presentation has been revealed, with the company's own employees estimating that 100,000 child users were harassed daily, The Wall Street Journal reported.According to a 2021 internal document, Facebook's "People You May Know" (PMYK) algorithm was singled out as a primary connector of children to predators. When employees…

Too Long; Didn't ReadeBay's executives engaged in a chilling campaign against EcommerceBytes, resorting to harassment, intimidation, and surveillance. The vendetta unfolded after EcommerceBytes reported on eBay's lawsuit against Amazon. Executives exchanged texts plotting to "take down" Ina Steiner, EcommerceBytes' founder. The conspiracy involved false accusations against the Steiners, planting a GPS device, and sending disturbing items to their home. The shocking tactics included revealing the Steiners' address,…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Modeling is a dream occupation for many young women, but for those who make modeling a career, finding work can be a traumatic, sexualized nightmare, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study finds. To land a modeling job—the first photo shoot, the next gig—models must constantly network, an essential element of…

After a group of eBay employees behaved like trashy John Waters characters — mailing people live spiders and cockroaches — the company is paying the price. The Justice Department is charging eBay $3 million as a criminal penalty for carrying out a harassment and intimidation campaign against a Massachusetts couple, which involved mailing them creepy-crawlies and other stomach-churning packages. Other items included a bloody pig mask, a fetal pig, a funeral wreath, and a book about grieving the loss of a spouse.…

The US attorney's office in Massachusetts says will pay a $3 million penalty to resolve criminal charges following a harassment campaign conducted by several former executives. Several ex-employees targeted a couple who wrote a newsletter that was critical of the company.The Justice Department with two counts of stalking through interstate travel, two counts of stalking through electronic communications services, one count of witness tampering and one count of obstruction of justice. The $3 million fine was the…

EBay agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty after employees engaged in a harassment campaign against two bloggers for their coverage of the company, including mailing them live cockroaches and a fetal pig. The e-commerce giant was charged with two counts of stalking through interstate travel, two counts of stalking through electronic communications services, one count of witness tampering and one count of obstruction of justice. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…