"If we accept precarity in the video game industry, or any other industry, as immutable or just a quirk of the 'culture,' we all lose. Game development does not have a culture of instability. It has a culture of exploitation."
“Meta recruited me to lead their Human Exploitation investigations. My job was to prevent real-world harm from crimes like sextortion and trafficking. I was supposed to start Monday.
“But moments after hosting a webinar to combat the surge of sextortion targeting minors, and hearing from the parents of children who were killed by this crime, I got the phone call rescinding my offer.”
Watching Emily the Criminal last night (which is an enjoyable & blissfully concise film), I was interested to find in the middle a great take down of unpaid internships in the creative sector.
apologies in advance that the fullest clip I could find was via FB)
#Amazon#Canada: we are seeing Amazon roll out its despicable #UnionBusting tactics just like it has around the world. But we know the solution is global worker #solidarity
The assumptions underlying our lifestyles are rarely questioned as often as they should be. Take the meat, dairy, and egg industries, for example. There are the blatant violations of ethical treatment that many people know about - cramped space, living in their own filth, fed hormones to fatten them up, etc. But far more insidious are the assumptions we don't question.
My 1st study as part of my PhD has been published. It explores the circumstances of seriously harmed missing children and the associated guardianship opportunities and issues.
Malaysian and Philippine #unions discuss #LivingWage and decoupling of #productivity and wages, "It is evident that the global economic system is a failure that only favours few owners of #capital"
#Trump claimed today at his speech in front of #law enforcement officers in #Michigan that he called the family of #RubyGarcia, who was killed by a friend of hers who was a migrant. Trump claimed he spoke to several of her family members….
Ruby Garcia's sister Mavi Garcia told WOOD TV8 that neither Trump nor any member of his campaign have contacted her or any of her family members, & was upset that Trump was #exploiting migrants.