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Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of the Metro series, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a Russian court for his social media posts. He accused the Russian army of war crimes (Tech Spot)
OSHA investigation and 11 interviews: Amazon's first aid clinics put warehouse employees at risk by letting them work instead of referring them to medical care (Wired)
Surveys: more than 50% of Americans watch TV with subtitles on most of the time, as sound quality deteriorates due to compressed sound and the placement of TV speakers. (New York Times)
Sources: news publishers in the US claim that Meta made changes that reduced their Facebook traffic. One publisher said traffic was down more than 30% year-over-year, another said it was down ~40%. It's not just in the US, it's the same in the Czech Republic and elsewhere. Meta is forcing publishers to pay for reach, it doesn't want to show them organically. (CNN)
Cory Doctorow: Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say. Google is adding code to Chrome that will send tamper-proof information about your operating system and other software, and share it with websites. Google says this will reduce ad fraud. In practice, it reduces your control over your own computer, and is likely to mean that some websites will block access for everyone who's not using an "approved" operating system and browser. (EFF)