Preventing Social Media Platforms From Blocking Political Speech (April 1, 2021)
On Thursday’s show: A bill in the Texas Legislature aims to prevent social media platforms from blocking political speech, efforts to help women return to the workforce after the pandemic, and the Sugar Land Skeeters prepare for their first season as the Astros Triple A team.
April 1, 2021, 5:00 AM Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters.
On Thursday’s Houston Matters: The Texas Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill designed to keep major social media platforms from blocking political speech. But will it hold up in court – and is it even a good idea?
UAE women blazing trails in tech fields rohma@khaleejtimes.com Filed on March 11, 2021
Research has found that 56 per cent of women in tech globally have seen levels of gender equality improve in their organisation over the past two years
According to the Arab Gulf State Institute, 40 per cent of university students specialising in computer science and IT in the Middle East are women
Women across the UAE are proving that they are ‘future ready’ by blazing a trail across the technology field, and bringing valuable insights about the latest innovations that are set to change our lifestyles in the coming years.
COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact women in unique, disproportionate ways
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted work issues that are unique to women, many of whom are still forced to choose between family and work one year after the crisis started.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted work issues that are unique to women, many of whom are still forced to choose between family and work one year after the crisis started.
Anna Saunders recently had the option to start bartending full-time again. But if I did that, then somebody else would have lost their job, Saunders said.
March 09, 2021
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“Are You New on the Job and Have Been Sexually Harassed? The Civil Code’s Got Your Back!” exclaimed a January article by the Beijing Haidian District Court. The court, along with Chinese statemedia, was joining a wave of online discussion following the depiction of workplace sexual harassment in the hit show “My Best Friend’s Story” (
Liu Jin Sui Yue). China’s first-ever Civil Code, which had just gone into effect, the court said, not only provides for civil lawsuits against harassers, but also obliges companies to adopt policies for preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace.