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Amazon Won't Let Employees Use Words Like 'Union', 'Restrooms', 'Slave', 'Prison' on Planned Messaging App
Amazon is said to be working on a messaging app for employees that will ban specific words, according to a new report based on the company's internal documents. It will rely on content filter that bans words like “union”, “prison”, “slave labour”, “diversity” as well as “restrooms”.
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US Blocks Cotton Imports From China, Says, Harvested With "Slave Labour"
The United States will block imports of cotton it says are harvested with "slave labor" in China's Xinjiang region, authorities have announced.
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"He Is Not Nawab": Mamata Banerjee After PM Modi Trashes Mahagathbandhan
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that "the 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) is against the people", Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu today said the opposition leaders are not "bonded labourers" who would dance to the PM's tune.
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Centre Rubbishes Survey That Says India Most Dangerous For Women: Sources
A poll of global experts that says India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, has been rubbished by the Women and Child Development Ministry, sources have told NDTV.
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India Most Dangerous Country For Women, US In 10 Worst: Survey
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.
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UN Denies India Singled Out Over Slavery Estimates
The United Nations on Friday defended its new global estimates on slavery after local media reported that India's intelligence agency advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discredit the research, saying it may tarnish the country's image and exports.
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Beaten And Burnt: Myanmar's Invisible Child Servants
San Kay Khine stares at her burnt, scarred hands, her twisted fingers a reminder of her years as a child slave in Myanmar, one of thousands of young domestic workers feared to be at risk of exploitation and abuse.
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DirectX Co-Creator Draws Games Industry Ire for Propagating Slave Labour
Alex St. John offered his views on the changing demands of employees in the industry on Saturday, noting "making games is not a job -- it's an art".
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HBO Goes to Trial for Libel over 'Hoax' Child Labour Report
Jury selection is expected to kick off today in a trial in which Home Box Office Inc faces libel claims over a report linking British sporting goods company Mitre Sports International to child labour in India.
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30 million people are slaves, half in India: survey
Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, victims of debt bondage or even born into servitude, a global index on modern slavery showed on Thursday.
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Labour slaves, prisoners helping build World Cup venues
It wasn't a tough choice for convicted bank robber Chiquinho: spend the day in a cell or make money out in the sun helping Brazil build a 2014 World Cup stadium.
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Amazon Won't Let Employees Use Words Like 'Union', 'Restrooms', 'Slave', 'Prison' on Planned Messaging App
Amazon is said to be working on a messaging app for employees that will ban specific words, according to a new report based on the company's internal documents. It will rely on content filter that bans words like “union”, “prison”, “slave labour”, “diversity” as well as “restrooms”.
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US Blocks Cotton Imports From China, Says, Harvested With "Slave Labour"
The United States will block imports of cotton it says are harvested with "slave labor" in China's Xinjiang region, authorities have announced.
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"He Is Not Nawab": Mamata Banerjee After PM Modi Trashes Mahagathbandhan
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that "the 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) is against the people", Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu today said the opposition leaders are not "bonded labourers" who would dance to the PM's tune.
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Centre Rubbishes Survey That Says India Most Dangerous For Women: Sources
A poll of global experts that says India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, has been rubbished by the Women and Child Development Ministry, sources have told NDTV.
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India Most Dangerous Country For Women, US In 10 Worst: Survey
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.
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UN Denies India Singled Out Over Slavery Estimates
The United Nations on Friday defended its new global estimates on slavery after local media reported that India's intelligence agency advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discredit the research, saying it may tarnish the country's image and exports.
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Beaten And Burnt: Myanmar's Invisible Child Servants
San Kay Khine stares at her burnt, scarred hands, her twisted fingers a reminder of her years as a child slave in Myanmar, one of thousands of young domestic workers feared to be at risk of exploitation and abuse.
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DirectX Co-Creator Draws Games Industry Ire for Propagating Slave Labour
Alex St. John offered his views on the changing demands of employees in the industry on Saturday, noting "making games is not a job -- it's an art".
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HBO Goes to Trial for Libel over 'Hoax' Child Labour Report
Jury selection is expected to kick off today in a trial in which Home Box Office Inc faces libel claims over a report linking British sporting goods company Mitre Sports International to child labour in India.
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30 million people are slaves, half in India: survey
Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, victims of debt bondage or even born into servitude, a global index on modern slavery showed on Thursday.
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Labour slaves, prisoners helping build World Cup venues
It wasn't a tough choice for convicted bank robber Chiquinho: spend the day in a cell or make money out in the sun helping Brazil build a 2014 World Cup stadium.
