Zoë Schiffer's guest appearances

Zoë Schiffer

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Big Technology Podcast

Amy Klobuchar

Luther Lowe

Elon Musk

Gary Vaynerchuk

Jeff Bezos

Donald Trump

Kevin Roose

Meredith Whittaker

Tim Cook

Mark Warner

Scott Galloway

Sarah Frier

Kara Swisher

Farhad Manjoo

Alex Kantrowitz

OwlTail

Adrianne Jeffries

Renee DiResta

Join us for a 'mega' episode with three guests! The Markup investigative reporter Adrianne Jeffries leads off with a discussion of Amazon's self-preferencing in search. Stanford Internet Observatory's Renee DiResta joins for our second segment to discuss her story on bottom-up propaganda on social media, something she calls 'ampliganda.' Verge Reporter Zoë Schiffer rounds out the week with a look into the state of worker activism at Netflix and Apple.Check out Adrianne's story on The Markup, Renee's in The Atlantic, and Zoe's on The Verge.

Join us for a 'mega' episode with three guests! The Markup investigative reporter Adrianne Jeffries leads off with a discussion of Amazon's self-preferencing in search. Stanford Internet Observatory's Renee DiResta joins for our second segment to discuss her story on bottom-up propaganda on social media, something she calls 'ampliganda.' Verge Reporter Zoë Schiffer rounds out the week with a look into the state of worker activism at Netflix and Apple.Check out Adrianne's story on <a href="https://themarkup.org/amazons-advantage/2021/10/14/amazon-puts-its-own-brands-first-above-better-rated-products" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Markup</a>, Renee's in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/disinformation-propaganda-amplification-ampliganda/620334/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Atlantic</a>, and Zoe's on <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/zoe-schiffer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Verge</a>.

Amazon Rigs Search, Social Media 'Ampliganda,' Netflix Protests — With Adrianne Jeffries, Renee DiResta, and Zoë Schiffer

Apple has had a lot going on lately: we did a whole episode about the controversial child protection photo scanning features, which have now been delayed. A law in South Korea might force the company to change how App Store payments work; the company settled a Japanese case about the App Store recently, as well as a class-action lawsuit in this country. The verdict in the Epic trial will arrive and there are renewed questions about Apple’s relationship with the Chinese government. And, of course, it’s September — the month when new iPhones usually come out.But in the background, Verge senior reporter Zoë Schiffer has spent the past few months publishing story after story about unhappy Apple employees, who are starting to talk to the press more and more about what working at Apple is like, and how they’d like it to change. Nilay Patel talks to Zoë about the work she's been doing and what the future holds.Links:Here’s why Apple’s new child safety features are so controversial https://bit.ly/3n9E07WApple delays controversial child protection features after privacy outcry https://bit.ly/38QdWX2Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares https://bit.ly/3BQeXebApple concedes to let apps like Netflix, Spotify, and Kindle link to the web to sign up https://bit.ly/3kT88SgEpic Games v. Apple: the fight for the future of the App Store https://bit.ly/3ySf873Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on competing with Microsoft, the future of work, and managing all those notifications https://bit.ly/2VqBZckApple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into “misogynistic” new hire https://bit.ly/3h4Sqm4“Misogynistic” Apple hire is out hours after employees call for investigation https://bit.ly/3naaL5cApple asks staff to return to office three days a week starting in early September https://bit.ly/3yNcUWnApple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter https://bit.ly/3BJYSXyApple delays mandatory return to office until January 2022, citing COVID-19 surge https://bit.ly/3l433H5Apple places female engineering program manager on administrative leave after tweeting about sexism in the office https://bit.ly/3jNwuO0Google fires prominent AI ethicist Timnit Gebru https://bit.ly/3toFXhZApple Shareholders Show Their Support for Tim Cook https://nyti.ms/3tkAn01Apple says all US employees now receive equal pay for equal work https://bit.ly/3zSbpYjApple keeps shutting down employee-run surveys on pay equity -- and labor lawyers say it’s illegal https://bit.ly/3BNa85EApple says it has pay equity, but an informal employee survey suggests otherwise https://bit.ly/3zSJYh0Apple just banned a pay equity Slack channel but lets fun dogs channel lie https://bit.ly/3hbiyvBApple employees are organizing, now under the banner #AppleToo https://bit.ly/3hazJNPHere’s what we know about the Google union so far https://bit.ly/2WWNfNKGoogle employees push back after mishandled sexual harassment revelations https://bit.ly/3DUVv23Apple cares about privacy, unless you work at Apple https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icloud-idBlack women say Pinterest created a den of discromination -- despite its image as the nicest company in tech https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees/Apple ordered to pay California store workers for time spent waiting for bag searches https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/21419729/apple-california-pay-workers-class-action-bag-searchesRead the transcript here:https://www.theverge.com/e/22423538 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple has had a lot going on lately: we did <a href="https://www.theverge.com/22617554/apple-csam-child-safety-features-jen-king-riana-pfefferkorn-interview-decoder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a whole episode</a> about the controversial child protection photo scanning features, which <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/3/22655644/apple-delays-controversial-child-protection-features-csam-privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">have now been delayed</a>. A law in South Korea might force the company <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22643800/apple-google-south-korea-app-store-payment-legislation-passes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">to change how App Store payments work</a>; the company <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/1/22653264/apple-reader-app-exception-anti-steering-signup-page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">settled a Japanese case about the App Store recently</a>, as well as a class-action lawsuit in this country. The verdict in <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22410877/epic-games-apple-app-store-antitrust-trial-lawsuit-news" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Epic trial</a> will arrive and there are renewed questions about Apple’s relationship with the Chinese government. And, of course, it’s September — the month when new iPhones usually come out.But in the background, Verge senior reporter Zoë Schiffer has spent the past few months publishing story after story about unhappy Apple employees, who are starting to talk to the press more and more about what working at Apple is like, and how they’d like it to change. Nilay Patel talks to Zoë about the work she's been doing and what the future holds. Links:Here’s why Apple’s new child safety features are so controversial <a href="https://bit.ly/3n9E07W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3n9E07W</a> Apple delays controversial child protection features after privacy outcry <a href="https://bit.ly/38QdWX2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/38QdWX2</a> Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares <a href="https://bit.ly/3BQeXeb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3BQeXeb</a> Apple concedes to let apps like Netflix, Spotify, and Kindle link to the web to sign up <a href="https://bit.ly/3kT88Sg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3kT88Sg</a> Epic Games v. Apple: the fight for the future of the App Store <a href="https://bit.ly/3ySf873" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3ySf873</a> Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on competing with Microsoft, the future of work, and managing all those notifications <a href="https://bit.ly/2VqBZck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2VqBZck</a> Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into “misogynistic” new hire <a href="https://bit.ly/3h4Sqm4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3h4Sqm4</a> “Misogynistic” Apple hire is out hours after employees call for investigation <a href="https://bit.ly/3naaL5c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3naaL5c</a> Apple asks staff to return to office three days a week starting in early September <a href="https://bit.ly/3yNcUWn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3yNcUWn</a>Apple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter <a href="https://bit.ly/3BJYSXy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3BJYSXy</a> Apple delays mandatory return to office until January 2022, citing COVID-19 surge <a href="https://bit.ly/3l433H5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3l433H5</a> Apple places female engineering program manager on administrative leave after tweeting about sexism in the office <a href="https://bit.ly/3jNwuO0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3jNwuO0</a> Google fires prominent AI ethicist Timnit Gebru <a href="https://bit.ly/3toFXhZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3toFXhZ</a> Apple Shareholders Show Their Support for Tim Cook <a href="https://nyti.ms/3tkAn01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nyti.ms/3tkAn01</a> Apple says all US employees now receive equal pay for equal work <a href="https://bit.ly/3zSbpYj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3zSbpYj</a> Apple keeps shutting down employee-run surveys on pay equity -- and labor lawyers say it’s illegal <a href="https://bit.ly/3BNa85E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3BNa85E</a> Apple says it has pay equity, but an informal employee survey suggests otherwise <a href="https://bit.ly/3zSJYh0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3zSJYh0</a> Apple just banned a pay equity Slack channel but lets fun dogs channel lie <a href="https://bit.ly/3hbiyvB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3hbiyvB</a> Apple employees are organizing, now under the banner #AppleToo <a href="https://bit.ly/3hazJNP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3hazJNP</a> Here’s what we know about the Google union so far <a href="https://bit.ly/2WWNfNK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2WWNfNK</a>Google employees push back after mishandled sexual harassment revelations <a href="https://bit.ly/3DUVv23" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3DUVv23</a> Apple cares about privacy, unless you work at Apple <a href="https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icloud-id" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icloud-id</a> Black women say Pinterest created a den of discromination -- despite its image as the nicest company in tech <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees/</a> Apple ordered to pay California store workers for time spent waiting for bag searches <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/21419729/apple-california-pay-workers-class-action-bag-searches" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/21419729/apple-california-pay-workers-class-action-bag-searches</a> Read the transcript here:<a href="https://www.theverge.com/e/22423538" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/e/22423538</a> Learn more about your ad choices. 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How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer