Unilever to pull ads from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook through end of the year
By: The Hill June 26, 2017 Unilever, which controls brands including Dove soap and Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, announced Friday that it is pulling brand advertisements from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook until “at least” the end of 2020. The decision was made after several other major companies pulled advertisements from Facebook as part of an advertising boycott called for by […]
Michigan is trying to make it illegal for companies to put microchips in their employees
By: The Byte June 26, 2020 Michigan lawmakers just introduced a bill that would ban employers from implanting their workers with microchips — unless, of course, the worker in question volunteered. In recent years, a growing number of companies have explored the idea of tagging their employees with subdermal, rice-sized RFID chips. Companies defend the chips as […]
Business Roundtable Encourages Multilateral Resolution of Digital Tax Issues
By: New York Times March 28, 2017 “Business Roundtable has long supported a multilateral solution to tax issues arising from the digitalization of the economy. We commend the important work undertaken by the United States and its partners in the OECD and the Inclusive Framework toward international tax rules that reduce uncertainty and promote cross-border […]