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Jessica Guynn
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Oct 24, 2021
    A Facebook researcher invented a user named Carol who was interested in conservative politics, Christianity and parenting. In two days, Facebook recommended QAnon. Our latest on how Facebook helped divide America. usatoday.com/story/tech/202… via @USATODAY
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    The story of Carol and Karen: Two experimental Facebook accounts show how the company helped divide...
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 6, 2023
    Asian Americans are breaking their silence about racial discrimination in tech. In interviews with @USATODAY, they say that Silicon Valley stunted their careers by typecasting them as worker bees, not leaders. So they're taking the industry to court.
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    No longer suffering in silence: Asian Americans denied tech leadership roles go to court
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 14, 2021
    USA TODAY used Census estimates of workforce demographics and employment records from Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, to put numbers to the deep racial divide inside technology companies.
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    ‘The new plantation’: How (and why) tech’s corporate giants haven’t successfully diversified their...
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 14, 2021
    Today USA TODAY launched the first three installments in an 8-part series on corporate diversity in America. We gathered previously undisclosed hiring records from firms in the S&P 100 and used Census data to show the racial inequalities that persist to this day.
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 14, 2021
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    We found that Black and Hispanic workers are far less likely than white employees to work in management or professional roles. The young tech sector which prides itself on being innovative is reproducing the gaping racial disparities common in more mature industries like banking
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 14, 2021
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    Come for the data, stay for the stories. @charnewman shares why she decided to speak up at Amazon. @IfeomaOzoma shares how her experience at Pinterest drove her to draft legislation to help others speak out. And Apple employees share internal memos about their internal struggles.
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 14, 2021
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    Across all U.S. industries, white employees are 3 times as likely to be executives as Hispanic or Black employees. At these tech companies, white employees are 5 times as likely to land top jobs as their Hispanic co-workers and 7 times as likely as their Black co-workers
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Oct 25, 2021
    Internal documents reviewed by @USATODAY show how Facebook fanned the flames of racism and violence in the days after George Floyd was killed #FacebookPapers #Facebook #HateSpeech
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    Facebook says it’s stopping hate and violence against Black Americans. Its own research shows...
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jul 14, 2021
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    Almost 1 in 2 white employees at the tech firms held professional roles. Only 1 in 5 Hispanic workers and 1 in 9 Black workers did. While the gap for Hispanics is on par with the U.S. labor force as a whole, it is almost three times wider for Black employees.
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Jun 9, 2023
    "There's a whole generation of people we risk letting disappear." The race against time to preserve the legacies of Roy Clay Sr. and an entire generation of hidden figures in Silicon Valley whose stories have never been told. usatoday.com/story/money/20…
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Oct 6, 2021
    Late Tuesday Zuckerberg broke his silence, claiming that many of Haugen's allegations "don’t make any sense.” "At the heart of these accusations is this idea that we prioritize profit over safety and well-being,” he said. "That's just not true.” usatoday.com/story/tech/202… @USATODAY
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    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence as Congress demands answers after whistleblower...
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Mar 6, 2024
    These two men fought for jobs in a mill on the Mississippi River. 50 years later, the nation is still divided over the outcome. #affirmativeaction #DEI #reversediscrimination
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    Two men fought for jobs in a river-town mill. 50 years later, the nation is still divided.
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Apr 28, 2023
    Federal contractors made diversity pledges. Most have not kept them. Here's the data that has been kept under wraps for years from @USATODAY and @reveal and the dream team of @willCIR @JaymeKFraser @npenzenstadler and @savannahkuchar
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    Broken promises: Federal contractors made diversity pledges. They didn't keep them.
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    Jessica Guynn
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    Nov 10, 2021
    Thanks to subscribers, we've spent months analyzing workforce reports from the nation's top companies to shed light on workplace discrimination: corporatediversity.usatoday.com. For $1/week, you can get unlimited access to @USATODAY and support our work, too. cm.usatoday.com/specialoffer?u…
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    Corporate diversity database: A USA TODAY investigative series inside the nation’s most powerful...
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