telecom
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Telecom Giant Orange On Trial In France After 19 Employees Died By Suicide
Orange, a French telecom giant, is being sued for moral harassment, among other charges, after 19 employees died by suicide and another 12 attempted to kill themselves over a three-year span. Over 100 people have claimed work culture at the company, contributed to employees’ mental health issues.
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Don’t Celebrate Yet, But The Net Neutrality Vote Looks Good
Things are looking good for net neutrality. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to treat the internet more like a public utility. This vote comes after a lengthy political battle over the best course of action, but it looks like that fight is winding down. The New York Times reports that…
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FCC Launches Slick New Public Comment Site, 8 Months Too Late
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) famously botched the record-breaking public comment period on net neutrality thanks to its crapy technology. Now, the agency has launched a slick new system to ensure that doesn’t happen again. Too bad they’re about eight months late to the launch.
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FCC Incest: Meet The Cable Cronies Who Control Net Neutrality’s Future
The fate of net neutrality has never looked bleaker, with the FCC’s proposed rules basically dismantling the free and open internet that we know today. You can thank the agency’s notorious revolving door for that; for years, FCC officials and the people they’re supposed to be regulating have been playing a horrible game of telecom…