Por Johana Bhuiyan
The Union-Tribune
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Uber and Lyft drivers strike over pay, gig-work conditions
Uber and Lyft drivers who have joined a strike across California to protest gig work conditions are aiming their message at lawmakers in Washington → Read More
LAPD launches investigation into officers' dealings with Ring
The Los Angeles Police Department has launched an internal investigation into its officers' communications with Ring, after a Times report revealed the camera maker provided officers with free devices or discounts and encouraged them to promote the products to colleagues and members of the community. → Read More
Ring gave LAPD officers free cameras, asked them to promote products
Ring provided at least 100 LAPD officers with free devices or discounts and encouraged them to endorse and recommend its doorbell and security cameras to police and members of the public. → Read More
Tech platforms' treatment of pro-Palestinian content raises bias allegations
Social media users say they've been been censored for views expressing support for Palestinians and criticism of Israel. Employees of Facebook and Google have also accused the companies of bias. → Read More
This is what happens when ICE asks Google for your user information
If you want to stop Google from providing your personal information to authorities who have issued an administrative subpoena, you need to act fast. → Read More
Clearview AI violates Californians' privacy, lawsuit alleges
By scraping the web for photos and extracting unique biometric information, Clearview AI violates privacy and chills protected political speech, a lawsuit says. → Read More
Senators question Amazon over reported contract with Dahua
Amazon faces questions from senators over a reported contract with Dahua, a Chinese security camera company that touted on its website the ability to alert police when its facial recognition software identifies members of the Uighur ethnic group. → Read More
Dahua facial recognition touts 'real-time Uighur warnings'
Facial recognition software developed by Dahua, a Chinese video surveillance firm sanctioned by the U.S., purports to detect the race of individuals caught on camera and offers to alert police clients when it identifies members of the Turkic ethnic group Uighurs. → Read More
Facial recognition may help find Capitol rioters — but it could harm many others, experts say
Normalizing surveillance tactics that have been used disproportionately on Black and brown communities may have big consequences, activists and academics warn. → Read More
Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips
Amazon's settlement with the FTC comes nearly two years after the Los Angeles Times first exposed its tip-withholding practices. → Read More
Twitter locks down Trump after social media-fueled riot in D.C.
A number of prominent figures in the technology industry took to social media Wednesday to criticize the platforms' role as enablers of a tumultuous attempt to seize the U.S. Capitol. → Read More
Police in Pasadena, Long Beach pledged not to send license plate data to ICE. They shared it anyway
Police in Pasadena and Long Beach vowed data from license plate readers wouldn't be used to enforce civil immigration laws. But records tell another story. → Read More
Unfair ratings cost some Instacart shoppers hundreds a week. Here’s what’s happening
Instacart shoppers with higher ratings get first pick of orders. Those with lower ratings earn less, even when the ratings aren't fair, shoppers say. → Read More
Data sales by Muslim Pro app are 'a betrayal,' users say
The Muslim Pro app has features that make it easier to practice Islam. But revelations about its data collection have upset some users. → Read More
How Uber and Lyft persuaded California to vote their way
Uber, Lyft and other gig companies spent millions of dollars to shape California labor law in their image. The result: support from voters in neighborhoods as varied as Beverly Hills and Compton. → Read More
Prop. 22 passed, a major win for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash. What happens next?
With the passage of Proposition 22, ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers could access to some new benefits as early as December. → Read More
How Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers are navigating Prop. 22
Gig companies have been pressing their drivers to vote yes on Proposition 22 and — regardless of the drivers’ feelings on the matter — to push the same message to customers. → Read More
After CEO Kevin Mayer's abrupt exit, is a TikTok sale near?
Microsoft is working with retail giant Walmart on a deal for TikTok as Trump's ban looms. → Read More
Instacart shoppers criticize a culture of unforgiving metrics
Shoppers say its Instacart's policies often ignore the realities of the job, leaving them in constant fear of termination over things out of their control. → Read More
News Analysis: Uber and Lyft might halt California operations over a labor fight. That may help them in November
Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said the company will have to shut down its service until November in order to start treating more than 100,000 California drivers as employees. → Read More