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“We hit some new lows over the weekend,” said Jimmy Kimmel, “with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.” Wherever you stand on the accuracy of the comments Kimmel made on Monday night about Kirk’s assassination, he was well within his rights to make them. Everyone concerned about free speech should be concerned about his show being pulled from the air, says Jason Bailey. Read why: https://lnkd.in/ee3EidBN
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In the post-pandemic era, CEOs have been trying to put an end to the bring-your-whole-self-to-work experiment. No water cooler chitchat about the war in Gaza, please. Cool it on the Slacks about vaccines and immigration. The result? A return to old-school norms of office etiquette: Save your personal views for your personal life. In the aftermath of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, bosses are taking it a step further. They’re making it clear they want more of a say in how workers express their personal views out of the office, too. But if this trend continues, companies risk morphing into content moderators — a job that comes with immense challenges. My latest for Bloomberg Opinion. https://lnkd.in/epkwxgmA
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CEOs have been trying to put an end to the bring-your-whole-self-to-work experiment. No water cooler chitchat about the war in Gaza, please. Cool it on the Slacks about vaccines and immigration. Now, people are losing their jobs over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s shooting. Do we really want to turn employers into content moderators? It’s a return to old-school norms of office etiquette, Beth Kowitt says. Read the column: https://lnkd.in/ecscia78
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My brilliant colleague Beth Kowitt nails it in this column: we're turning employers into content moderators, and it's not going to end well. Gift link: https://lnkd.in/eKsbb82x