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Just two weeks ago, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell declared that the league’s Deshaun Watson investigation was winding down. The probe of allegations of varying degrees of sexual assault and misconduct was approaching its 15th month, the league had secured interviews with more than half of the women with civil lawsuits pending against Watson and investigators had questioned the Cleveland Browns quarterback for three days, concluding those meetings on a note that suggested a decision was… Source link

Lino Mirgeler/picture alliance via Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg announced Wednesday she is leaving Meta after 14 years. The Wall Street Journal reported Meta was reviewing her personal activities as recently as May. A Meta spokeswoman said the review was not related to Sandberg’s decision to leave. Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg was under investigation for using corporate resources to plan her wedding, sources told The Wall Street Journal. Sandberg announced Wednesday she would be stepping down as head… Source link

The NFL’s Deshaun Watson investigation is officially in the home stretch. Commissioner Roger Goodell closed the league’s spring meetings on Tuesday and said there is no timeline for a decision on Watson’s future, but that the end of the league’s investigatory process is near. The news comes on the day that an interview with two of the 22 Watson accusers alleging sexual misconduct in civil suits is set to air on HBO’s “Real Sports,” personally detailing their allegations against the… Source link

Elon MuskHANNIBAL HANSCHKE /Getty Images Twitter plans to host an internal AMA with board member Elon Musk, according to The Washington Post. Some employees were anxious about Musk’s role, according to company messages viewed by The Post. One staffer asked if board members were held to the same tweeting standards as employees. A Twitter employee said on the company’s Slack channel that staff would be the subject of an HR investigation if they tweeted like Tesla founder Elon Musk, who now owns 9%… Source link

Google and Meta are being investigated by antitrust regulators in the EU and UK over “Jedi Blue” — a deal between the two firms that critics say allowed them to block smaller tech companies from gaining a foothold in the online ad market. In a press statement, the European Commission said it was concerned that the September 2018 agreement “may form part of efforts to exclude ad tech services competing with Google’s Open Bidding programme, and therefore restrict or distort… Source link

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is looking into how Google treats its Black female employees, according to a report by Reuters. The report says that the regulator has been asking employees questions about harassment and discrimination, after receiving formal complaints. The report doesn’t make any mention of the DFEH bringing charges against Google as it did with Activision Blizzard and says that the interviews being conducted don’t necessarily mean… Source link

The anti-monopoly regulation unit of the Eurasian Economic Commission has completed an investigation into Russian internet search engine Yandex, reports Vedomosti. The investigation looked at potential abuse of the company’s dominant position in the internet search advertising market. Source link

The investigation into Portland Trail Blazers president of basketball operations and general manager Neil Olshey has been extended, league sources told Yahoo Sports.  Previously expected to wrap up shortly, the investigation could last a few weeks before a ruling on Olshey’s future is determined, sources said. Employees of the practice facility were interviewed on Thursday and Friday.  O’Melveny & Myers — the firm enlisted to investigate the claims — extended its investigation to… Source link

A view of a sign above the entrance of the Google office, ahead of presentation of the detailed investment plan for Germany, in Berlin, Germany, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Sept 9 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O)is facing a renewed EU antitrust investigation into whether it may have forced device manufacturers to use Google Assistant as the default voice assistant on Android devices, an MLex reporter tweeted on Thursday. The latest investigation comes amid concerns of… Source link

SHANGHAI, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Sunday it has suspended several staff following an employee’s allegations on the company’s intranet that she was sexually assaulted by her boss and a client. The woman’s account, published via an eleven-page PDF that went on to circulate widely online, prompted a social media storm on China’s Twitter-like microblogging website Weibo. Police in the city of Jinan said on Sunday morning that they were… Source link