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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by CharlesColeman on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:25PM (#21820129)
> internal security mechanism

Correction: an internal message display tool.

> for your own pet activism

> push your slogans

Correction: a warning not to break federal labor law, which Google is actually required to provide.

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> Do you activism in your personal time.

This is about Google. Apparently their company culture has been the opposite, and they have commonly had lots of political discussions on company time using company resources.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by scarmig on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:51PM (#21820353)
> Correction: an internal message display tool.

For the millionth time, it was not a general message display tool. It is a security tool to flag domains that run the risk of data leakage and malware. Trying to hijack a security extension to turn it into a general messaging platform is both stupid and bad for security.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by SilasX on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:40PM (#21829760)
>Correction: a warning not to break federal labor law, which Google is actually required to provide.

Labor law requires that those notices be posted somewhere in a prominent place employees are likely to see. They definitely don't require them to be posted in arbitrary places at any employee's choice.

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