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| coppice:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on July 28, 2020, 11:01:30 am --- --- Quote ---We have something sensible here in the U.K. https://fullfact.org/ --- End quote --- Problem is, what makes that more reputable than any other random website? Take that and, say, MailOnine and why is one beyond reproach whilst the other is, er, not that? AFAICS, you read a few articles and they either confirm or not your view of the site, and if you want one to be truthful then that's what you'll see unless there are clearly things that are made up according to your experience. You might say that one site publishes its sources of info, but in many contemporaneous cases there are no pre-existing sources. Which happens to be where newspapers are located in temporal space. Sure, later (and often much later) some 'investigation' may take place but often these are whitewashes and disputed. And the original piece has long ago hit the fish'n'chips transport scheme. --- End quote --- The US has several fact checker sites, some of which seemed to start out pretty neutral. Now, they've all been taken over by partisans, often spouting obvious garbage. Usually obvious because it lacks self consistency. |
| paulca:
Moderately related. The company I am contracting with sent an email asking people to "self identify", so the company can track their inclusive workplace policies. They want to know your race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, health, military service and a host of other extremely personal information. We are to understand that this information will be collected, stored, transferred, sold for their uses, including but not limited to creating an inclusive work place. It is not anonymised and open to access by anyone in HR.... or whomever they choose to transfer it to. I laughed so hard and nearly wet myself. My answer would "Fuck the right off!" This is for real.. Honestly! EDIT: I just forwarded it to the phishing/cyber security report email address. That will create a bit of a shit storm. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: paulca on July 28, 2020, 11:59:55 am ---Moderately related. The company I am contracting with sent an email asking people to "self identify", so the company can track their inclusive workplace policies. They want to know your race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, health, military service and a host of other extremely personal information. We are to understand that this information will be collected, stored, transferred, sold for their uses, including but not limited to creating an inclusive work place. It is not anonymised and open to access by anyone in HR.... or whomever they choose to transfer it to. I laughed so hard and nearly wet myself. My answer would "Fuck the right off!" This is for real.. Honestly! EDIT: I just forwarded it to the phishing/cyber security report email address. That will create a bit of a shit storm. --- End quote --- At the other end of the scale I recently went for a screening test at an NHS clinic. They wanted to know my racial mix to assist with studies about which types of people get the relevant condition, but were only allowed to ask if minded telling them. |
| paulca:
I dug into this a bit more. https://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/do_ask_do_tell_guide_2016.pdf It's been growing momentum through VERY large american corporations and they are pushing it hard to the UK as well. That document basically comes down to saying, it might legally be controversial or prohibitive to ask people or store this informaton on people, but companies should strive to bypass these legalities. Not sure if it's in that article or not, but I seen it mentions that "If an employee chooses not to self identify that HR may collect the information visual or by implication". No shit folks, this is racial, gender, background and sexual orientation profiling. As it is implied that this data can also be used when screening candiates for jobs, it could genuinely come down to getting or not getting a job because you are/are not straight/gay/<insert denomination of choice> As to why I'm opposed to this. It's simple. Employer: What is your sexual orientation. Me: None of your god damn business. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
Tell them you are a masculine-presenting, transgendered lesbian. It's the cheat code for corporate God mode. |
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