Could Employers Use Technology To Monitor Remote Workers?
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How would you feel about your employer monitoring your productivity at home via your computer?
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to monitor remote workers by tracking the number of mouse clicks they make per minute, as well as the amount of time they spend on social media.
But would this be a step too far?
Paddy Cullivan and Brianna Parkins joined us for The Week Trending to discuss this and some of the other stories making the news this week.
Eoghan Harris Fired By Sunday Independent Over Fake Twitter Account
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The Sunday Independent has terminated columnist Eoghan Harris s contract after it emerged that he was involved in the running of a fake Twitter account.
Harris confirmed using an account under the name Barbara J Pym, which the paper s editor described as a betrayal of trust .
Twitter has since suspended a further eight accounts suspected of being connected to the Barbara J Pym account.
Ian Power and Breda Brown joined us for The Week Trending to discuss this and more of the stories making the news this week.
Is Spotify Okay With Joe Rogan Telling 21-Year-Olds Not To Get Vaccinated?
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Joe Rogan is arguably the world s most popular podcaster.
However, he landed himself in hot water for suggesting, in a recent episode of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, that 21-year-olds shouldn t get vaccinated.
Spotify reviewed the episode but left it live because Rogan s comments were not deemed to be outwardly anti-vaccine.
In a statement, Spotify said it prohibits content on the platform which promotes dangerous false, deceptive, or misleading content about COVID-19 that may cause offline harm and/or pose a direct threat to public health. When content that violates this standard is identified it is removed from the platform.
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