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2:20pm, 20th April, 2020

Facebook removes anti-quarantine protest events in some U.S. states

Facebook Inc said on Monday that it has removed events in Nebraska, New Jersey and California promoting protests against stay-at-home measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

U.S. senators question Amazon CEO about firing of warehouse protest leader

9:09pm, 8th April, 2020

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U.S. senators question Amazon CEO about firing of warehouse protest leader

Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon.com Inc to raise concern about its firing of a worker who protested warehouse operations during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.

Amazon executive on defense after comments about warehouse protest leader

10:31pm, 2nd April, 2020

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Amazon executive on defense after comments about warehouse protest leader

Amazon.com Inc's general counsel on Thursday said his emotions clouded his judgment when he wrote meeting notes in which he allegedly outlined a public relations strategy against a protest organizer and questioned the employee's intelligence.

Sex tech companies and advocates protest unfair ad standards outside Facebook’s NY HQ

12:16pm, 31st July, 2019

Gadgets

Sex tech companies and advocates protest unfair ad standards outside Facebook’s NY HQ

A group of sex tech startup founders, employees and supporters gathered outside of Facebook’s NY office in Manhattan to protest its advertising policies with respect to what it classifies as sexual content. The protest, and a companion website detail...

2:24pm, 6th May, 2019

Games

Employees of Riot Games to Walkout in Protest Monday

Riot Games employees are planning a walkout on Monday afternoon to protest forced arbitration from the company, as reported by . Following an investigative report by in 2018 that , at the studio thats behind League of Legends – five current and forme...

Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions

9:36am, 10th March, 2019

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Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions

Thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow and two other cities on Sunday to rally against tighter internet restrictions, in some of the biggest protests in the Russian capital in years.

Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality

5:28am, 1st November, 2018

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Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality

Hundreds of Google employees and contractors in Asia staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday, with thousands more expected to follow at offices worldwide, amid complaints of sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace.

Israeli tech women protest men-only meeting with Merkel

1:08pm, 10th October, 2018

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Israeli tech women protest men-only meeting with Merkel

Women working in high-tech companies posed around a cardboard cutout of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to protest against a meeting she held with an all-male group of entrepreneurs in Israel last week.

Uber, Cabify drivers strike in Madrid to protest against planned law changes

9:50am, 27th September, 2018

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Uber, Cabify drivers strike in Madrid to protest against planned law changes

Thousands of drivers for ride-hailing services Uber and Cabify, waving flags and chanting slogans such as "we want to work", marched down Madrid's central boulevard on Thursday ahead of plans by the government to tighten regulation.

Chinese investors protest in Shanghai's financial district over P2P woes

5:19am, 20th August, 2018

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Chinese investors protest in Shanghai's financial district over P2P woes

Investors in Chinese online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform PPMiao protested at the offices of one of the company's shareholders in Shanghai's financial district on Monday, in the latest manifestation of problems facing the industry.