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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by onelovetwo »

Someone1234 wrote: post #14
Mandatum wrote: post #2

Glassdoor has posted a notice on ZURU's page regarding this: https://www.glassdoor.com.au/Reviews/ZURU-Reviews-E2286297.h... It appears a few other companies are doing this too, including Kraken ( https://www.kraken.com/ ) as you can see here: https://www.glassdoor.com.au/Overview/Working-at-Kraken-Digi... EDIT: If anyone from Glassdoor is reading this, please advise on a way to either unlink my profile from my ident…

That's actually a fantastic response. - Reminds reviewers to avoid libel, since it may undergo legal review. - Tells potential employees or customers that this is how the company responds to bad press/negativity (i.e. disproportionately). - Doesn't subject Glassdoor to potential libel since the statement is objectively true (see court records). Although I won't get too positive about Glassdoor as I've read negative r…

If they really wanted to make a statement they would boot them from their platform.

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Post by onelovetwo »

braingenious wrote: post #30

I’ve never used Glassdoor, so it’s a big surprise that they collect and retain identity information in the first place. I would never, ever provide my real name while talking about my previous employers, even if I was told that I would remain “anonymous”

I'm curious does it matter if its a previous employer? what could they possibly do?

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by hgsgm »

bagacrap wrote: post #151
phoenixreader wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, this subpoena is possible because of this US statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1782 Edit: there is even a Wiki page for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_1782_Discovery

upvoted for relevance, but really it's NZ law that fails to sufficiently protect free speech

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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by xigency »

siva7 wrote: post #71

Who tells us that these negative reviews are always true and not posted by some disgruntled or mentally ill employee or even someone who never worked there? I know it’s easy to side on the negative reviewer side on glassdoor but it’s an anonymous place and the employer has almost no chance of fighting back.

Because a billion-dollar toy company headquartered in Shenzhen, China that has yacht parties needs the legal justice system to protect its good name by doxxing job reviews is pretty transparent on the face of it.

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Post by hgsgm »

roywiggins wrote: post #120
lotsofpulp wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But why is a US court telling Glassdoor to do something because of a New Zealand law?

Congress already passed a law to prevent foreign libel judgements (well, ones which wouldn't pass 1st amendment muster), from being enforceable by US courts. And now we just have US judges deciding they should apply NZ law without applying the 1st Amendment? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEECH_Act?wprov=sfla1

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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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altdataseller wrote: post #100
chaps wrote: post #35

Once had a contract where my client wanted me to do "security work", which was initially meant to be for pentesting their clients, but it turned into me building their wifi auth system. At some point in the gig, one of their clients went to them asking them if it was possible to de-anonymize someone glassdoor review since someone still-employed worked with them. They then went to me to see if I could do it for them.…

It might be possible to do linguistic analysis (ie. What they did to catch the Unabomber) to compare the language they used in the review vs how someone usually write in things like performance reviews, manager evaluations, emails, etc

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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by flog »

nemo44x wrote: post #159

Sad New Zealand doesn’t have freedom of speech. Especially odd as our western media fawns over their police state and tyrannical government. This was never mentioned though.

NZ is very well regarded for freedoms, literally topping the list https://freedomhouse.org/country/new-zealand/freedom-world/2...
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