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Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki... by kube-system on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:06PM (#22870813)
The Streisand effect is when someone actively takes actions to hide information, but it backfires. I haven't seen any evidence of them taking actions to hide any information.

>I assume they want less buzz about work conditions.

I don't think this is the case. They have been public about responding to the media and have been posting daily updates through their own site. The link to their blog discussing workers' conditions is on the front page of Amazon.com.

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Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki... by tyingq on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:21PM (#22870973)
Firing outspoken employees counts as an attempt to suppress information to me. The firing itself becoming news is the backfire. They essentially gave the warehouse conditions an extra news cycle.
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Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki... by kube-system on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:36PM (#22871125)
We may be missing information here, but I am not sure these employees even had any first-hand information to suppress. I went to their twitter pages and couldn't find any myself.
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Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki... by tyingq on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:15PM (#22872149)
It doesn't matter whether they had any actual info. It's the perception. Firing them feeds it further.
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