[Link] Facebook has ruined our reality, now it’s coming for the metaverse too

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

“Facebook”. The word paints a thousand pictures, every one of them a portrait of some element of the human condition I could happily live without. Message requests from veterans in Montana that read, “Hello beautiful Lady.

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[Link] Red Spice Road owners publish open letter about unpaid former staff

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theage.com.au

The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or paying the staff it sacked in May, have released an open letter claiming there had been a terrible misunderstanding.

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[Link] Netflix hit with unfair labor charge from suspended and fired employees

Read: 31/10/2021 www.avclub.com

After weeks of controversy surrounding its release of—and then vocal high-level support for—the transphobic material in Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, streaming giant Netflix now faces an unfair labor charge from two of its current/former employees.

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[Link] Zuckerberg’s role in Facebook rebrand may backfire, experts say

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to remove “negative associations” between Facebook and its parent company may be undermined by his decision to front the launch of its rebranding as Meta, experts have said.

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