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When the only recourse for discrimination is to report problems to the people with control over your career, the system is broken. It's so much easier to shut one squeaky wheel down than do the hard work of cultural repair.
— Cheryl Platz (@muppetaphrodite) April 22, 2019
Anti-retaliation policies are useless out of court. https://t.co/Fyx6oZ2ymX
Google prefers Tech Won't Question It to Tech Won't Build It: it's retaliating against @AINowInstitute co-founder @mer__edith for criticising the current state of AI ethicswashing & standing up for workers.
— Michael Veale (@mikarv) April 22, 2019
If chairing a panel w/ Google on it—make sure to ask them about this. https://t.co/wXu8AiJLLO
.@Google, this is very wrong and you won't get away with it.
— William Fitzgerald (@william_fitz) April 22, 2019
You've done this to countless people who don't fall in line.
Stand down shitty Google managers & HR teams, it won't work out well for you. https://t.co/q0aekgnpQJ
It's buried at the end of this article, but @clairewaves's letter about Google's retaliation against the #GoogleWalkout organizers is worth reading in full: https://t.co/Sz7D0GCWvr pic.twitter.com/cp1GxWCh26
— Lauren Naturale (@lnaturale) April 22, 2019
I, too, was retaliated against. The company forced me out early when I announced my exit, despite the fact that there was no policy requiring it, and plenty of others had been allowed to stay until their last day.
— Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) (@lizthegrey) April 22, 2019
HR blamed my mgmt chain, and my mgmt chain blamed HR. https://t.co/5OuidYXde0
Google shows its commitment to diversity and inclusion by... illegally retaliating against workers who organized the #GoogleWalkout. https://t.co/mDZscIu3Rb
— Colin McMillen (@mcmillen) April 22, 2019
Google is retaliating against workers for exercising their federally protected right to engage in concerted activity for their mutual aid or protection. Solidarity with @mer__edith and @clairewaves. https://t.co/8GRawgXQCk
— Ben Tarnoff (@bentarnoff) April 22, 2019
This is a terrifying move that should discourage literally every academic from accepting co-employment to collaborate with a company. https://t.co/ZcuE9IUAwy
— Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) (@lizthegrey) April 22, 2019
"Google has a culture of retaliation, which too often works to silence women, people of color, & gender minorities. Retaliation isn’t always obvious. It’s often confusing & drawn out, consisting of icy conversations, gaslighting, project cancellations, or demotions." https://t.co/cfj54WEmKz
— Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) April 22, 2019
This is an important story. And the juxtaposition of Google's failed ethics council and their pressure on @mer__edith re: her work on AINow is not pretty. https://t.co/uioZfEpk9I
— Suresh Venkatasubramanian (@geomblog) April 22, 2019
WTAF: @mer__edith told she would have to abandon her co-founding role at @AINowInstitute in retaliation for organizing walkout at Google. It’s almost as if Google doesn’t even want to be challenged to be a much more ethical company. https://t.co/4JI97P8xB7 via @nitashatiku
— David Carroll ? (@profcarroll) April 22, 2019
.@mer__edith "was told that, in order to stay at [Google] she would have to 'abandon' her work on AI ethics and her role at AI Now Institute, a research center she cofounded at New York University." https://t.co/hoJFjJtYZl
— Tom Simonite (@tsimonite) April 22, 2019
Includes full text of the message shared internally today about retaliation against walkout organizers: calls to abandon AI ethics work, demotion, and more
— Nitasha Tiku (@nitashatiku) April 22, 2019
bringing attention to these issues has come at a professional cost the employees who spoke outhttps://t.co/SwomyntJQj
"I’m told that to remain at the company I will have to abandon my work on AI ethics and the AI Now Institute."
— Tech Workers Coalition (@techworkersco) April 22, 2019
"My manager started ignoring me, my work was given to other people, and I was told to go on medical leave, even though I’m not sick."https://t.co/WRrn7KriJj
Oh no they won’t: Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation | WIRED https://t.co/daofzHRdih
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) April 22, 2019
Retaliation is sickeningly common. Don’t think that companies are too cautious to punish organizers or aware enough to realize it won’t stop people from speaking out. https://t.co/E9ZIre4jSU
— Audrey Eschright (@ameschright) April 22, 2019
In solidarity with my colleagues in industry who are facing retaliation for their actions to push for truly ethical use of technology. We hear you and we support you. https://t.co/IhiYXoVwWV
— Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) April 22, 2019
The good news: in my case, the company paid me off to leave. All I got was one milli-Rubin (about $90k).
— Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) (@lizthegrey) April 22, 2019
The damage here is the signal it sends to the organizing movement that the company would like us gone, rather than financial consequences for me, in my specific case.
Google walkout organizers say they're being retaliated against for demanding ethical standardshttps://t.co/yKHM46IfEi pic.twitter.com/VIZWBE5yWp
— Masque of the Red Death (@doctorow) April 22, 2019
The organizers behind this face risks too even though they’re based in US. See how Google has retaliated against its employees who have protested its ethics: https://t.co/ODD1sEI9PG https://t.co/qMcHTVPgcj
— Emily Feng (@EmilyZFeng) April 22, 2019
"I’m told that to remain at the company I will have to abandon my work on AI ethics and the AI Now Institute."
— Tech Workers Coalition (@techworkersco) April 22, 2019
"My manager started ignoring me, my work was given to other people, and I was told to go on medical leave, even though I’m not sick."https://t.co/WRrn7KriJj
This is ridiculous. @mer__edith does an amazing job of showing how ethics and human rights considerations are vital for the tech sector. Diminishing her voice instead of amplifying it speaks volumes about Google right now. https://t.co/5yUzpD2RLH
— Anna Bacciarelli (@a_bacci) April 22, 2019
WTAF: @mer__edith told she would have to abandon her co-founding role at @AINowInstitute in retaliation for organizing walkout at Google. It’s almost as if Google doesn’t even want to be challenged to be a much more ethical company. https://t.co/4JI97P8xB7 via @nitashatiku
— David Carroll ? (@profcarroll) April 22, 2019
Google and ethics remain in dichotomy: “Whittaker said she was told that, in order to stay at the company, she would have to “abandon” her work on AI ethics and her role at AI Now Institute, a research center she cofounded at New York University.” https://t.co/rRKGKIiIVo
— Hamed Haddadi (@realhamed) April 22, 2019
Oh no they won’t: Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation | WIRED https://t.co/daofzHRdih
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) April 22, 2019
.@Google, this is very wrong and you won't get away with it.
— William Fitzgerald (@william_fitz) April 22, 2019
You've done this to countless people who don't fall in line.
Stand down shitty Google managers & HR teams, it won't work out well for you. https://t.co/q0aekgnpQJ
It's buried at the end of this article, but @clairewaves's letter about Google's retaliation against the #GoogleWalkout organizers is worth reading in full: https://t.co/Sz7D0GCWvr pic.twitter.com/cp1GxWCh26
— Lauren Naturale (@lnaturale) April 22, 2019
Two employees at Google say they have been retaliated against for helping to organize a walkout among thousands of Google employees last Novemberhttps://t.co/NmDM63cYDe
— Max Zahn (@MaxZahn_) April 22, 2019
Includes full text of the message shared internally today about retaliation against walkout organizers: calls to abandon AI ethics work, demotion, and more
— Nitasha Tiku (@nitashatiku) April 22, 2019
bringing attention to these issues has come at a professional cost the employees who spoke outhttps://t.co/SwomyntJQj
Absolutely horrifying. But I could not be more proud of @clairewaves & @mer__edith for bravely sharing what's been happening to them, confronting these fear tactics head-on. We can beat this. #GoogleWalkout https://t.co/uyUDbk0wWv
— Stephanie Parker (@sparker2) April 22, 2019
”Two employee activists at Google say they have been retaliated against for helping to organize a walkout among thousands of Google employees in November, and are planning a “town hall” Friday for others to discuss alleged instances of retaliation“ https://t.co/UcZjIQGaf4
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) April 22, 2019
Wish we could say this was surprising. Unfortunately, time and again, when workers try to influence the course their companies take, they are labeled as troublemakers and attacked by management. https://t.co/uW1uRZcYs3
— NYC-DSA Tech Action? (@NYCDSATechWG) April 22, 2019
Google is retaliating against workers for exercising their federally protected right to engage in concerted activity for their mutual aid or protection. Solidarity with @mer__edith and @clairewaves. https://t.co/8GRawgXQCk
— Ben Tarnoff (@bentarnoff) April 22, 2019
Just came out of a meeting and saw this article, and what the actual fuck!! What they're doing to Meredith and Claire is some next level bullshit. For all that they've done, they don't deserve this. We ain't standing for this.https://t.co/D6DqXbxs2R
— a once blue haired enby from oakland | tired of it (@WellsLucasSanto) April 22, 2019
This self own is a _side_ story to Google retaliating against employees who helped organize a walk out (20,000 strong across the world) over sexual discrimination. Thanks to @nitashatiku for her high quality reporting threading between the many issues.https://t.co/DYfdsGNjUR
— Smerity (@Smerity) April 22, 2019
Head of Google Open Research and a senior marketing manager at YouTube go on record: Google extensively retaliated against them for organizing employees. Too many heads of industry are totally unaccountable and untrustworthy; unionize tech & games now. https://t.co/o91qMdntX0
— Naomi Clark [暗悪・直美] (@metasynthie) April 22, 2019
Ethics and “Ethics” https://t.co/KvcdepkCAf
— iA Inc. (@iA) April 22, 2019
Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation > @okeefekat and I set out a model for what is happening here in our book. It’s a classic #EthicOfOrg vs #EthicOfIndividual battle (1/2) https://t.co/5RmGS36tc8
— Daragh O Brien (@CBridge_Chief) April 23, 2019
So much respect for @mer__edith, @AINowInstitute cofounder, for putting it on the line to protest sexual harassment, unethical practices, and retaliation @Google. Even while institutions benefit from AI ethics work, they silence or diminish key voices. https://t.co/LRmpgtvORY
— Joy Buolamwini (@jovialjoy) April 23, 2019
Two women workers at Google organized a walkout to protest the company’s policy of forcing survivors of sexual harassment into arbitration. They won that fight. Now the company is retaliating against them. This is outrageous and must be condemned by all. https://t.co/m3FLBOHGnM
— black hole: devour us (@onekade) April 22, 2019
Shame on you @Google. You show no remorse or desire to change for the future. “Google Walkout Organizers Say They’re Facing Retaliation” #breakupbigtech https://t.co/lVaA1m6SCg
— Project Include (@projectinclude) April 23, 2019
Now I am against Google
— LastVoiceStanding (@VoiceStanding) April 23, 2019
and its powers
and everything it stands for,
but is it not quite logical
that organizing a "walkout"
doesn't make you "employee of the month" ?https://t.co/cSoDzogvue
Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation https://t.co/fvbWbG1hIl what did they expect? Their employer helps #cia with #drone strikes. Do more evil.
— Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) April 23, 2019
"Google walkout organizers say they're facing retaliation" https://t.co/DOF7nZFsFE @mer__edith writes: "I’m told that to remain at the company I will have to abandon my work on AI ethics and the AI Now Institute"
— Frederik Borgesius (@fborgesius) April 23, 2019
(1/2) Yesterday, two of our own showed the importance of speaking for workers' rights. If it comes to it, they will be able to tell their stories publicly since Google ended forced arbitration last month. https://t.co/J96XHgdkCF
— End Forced Arbitration (@endforcedarb) April 23, 2019
Troubling that Google Walkout organizers are facing Retaliation for speaking up. This affects us all, for many reasons. 1st, because Google immense market dominance makes it impossible to ignore. 2nd, silencing workers concerns is exact opposite of ethics. https://t.co/hc1uvDEoag
— Ivana Bartoletti (@IvanaBartoletti) April 22, 2019
I call it out when I see acts of retaliation for reporting harassment or bias. Demotions, missing invites to key meetings, etc. Things that are happening to some of the people who organized the Google walkout a few months ago: https://t.co/vdHNWUjXO6 #BetterAllies #Allyship
— Better Allies™ (@betterallies) April 22, 2019