Google has terminated four employees for allegedly sharing sensitive information after weeks of internal dissent related to the mistrust of leadership. At least two of the employees were at the center of recent worker protests in San Francisco.
In a memo sent to staffers on Monday, three members of Google's Security and Investigations Team wrote that the four workers were fired after investigations into their behavior concluded that they were engaged in wrongdoing.
"There's been some misinformation circulating about this investigation, both internally and externally," according to the memo, titled "Securing our data." "We want to be clear that none of these individuals were fired for simply looking at documents or calendars during the ordinary course of their work. To the contrary, our thorough investigation found the individuals were involved in systematic searches for other employees' materials and work."
Google confirmed the memo, which was first reported by Bloomberg. The company declined to comment further or confirm which individual employees were terminated. But Rebecca Rivers, who previously spoke out about Google's contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, tweeted she was one of them. Last week, a group of 20 Google employees in San Francisco protested the interrogation of Rivers and another employee, Laurence Berland, who had been placed on sudden and indefinite administrative leave for allegedly sharing sensitive information.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 27 2019, @02:27AM (3 children)
I am not really familiar with the Misfits, but Black Flag were pretty cool.
Don't tell anybody, but I actually think the Sex Pistols were a bit shit. As far as I can tell they wrote about 5 good songs, and none after they sacked Glenn Matlock, who might have been the only talent in the band.
I borrowed a Public Image LTD album off someone once, but it was just John Lydon masturbating.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 27 2019, @02:55AM (2 children)
Punk ain't exactly supposed to be "good" though. As a general rule, the better the musicians are, the less punk the music is. The main exception I'd make there is Social Distortion. Mostly what it's supposed to be is pissed off in a way you can relate to.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 27 2019, @07:54PM (1 child)
I don't disagree at all.
Maybe I was in the wrong frame of mind, as when I wrote that comment I was enjoying "Tales from Topographic Oceans" by Yes, which is about as far from punk as it is possible to get.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 29 2019, @02:50AM
Two words:Tiny Tim.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.