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I hope you're joking. A private company moderating content does not violate the First Amendment. That's just not how it works.
No, it's called "lying" where people use nowadays with no shame.
I’ve worked at Glassdoor for a decade, directly with our paying customers, and I can ASSURE you this opinion is entirely untrue. My job would have been a lot easier all these years if we could give our paying customers any special treatment 😅 not for nothing, I’ve had customers cancel their contract because they *cannot* control/remove reviews.
We have Community Guidelines and if those are violated then your post may be removed. That’s it.
OP- I’m conflicted on whether I offer some unsolicited advice here, but here goes nothing: I can genuinely appreciate the passion you have for this topic, but some of your subsequent comments seem to escalate the conversation rather than help it. I suggest trying to engage a bit more constructively as you try to get your points across. I can’t help but feel that there’s a lot of “poking the bear” happening here hoping to rile people up. Please consider what you’re saying and how you’re saying it before hitting that post button 🙏🏼
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It's really weird how you keep calling it a scam. There wasn't even a scam lol. Did you even read the page you keep linking to?
https://xkcd.com/1357/
I bet this SSWE made my companies software and thats why i doesn't work.... and see "engineer" there's your problem, You think you know everything..
Insane how many people don't get what the first amendment means.
It's honestly surprising how many folks don't really understand the first amendment, and how confidently willing they are to embarrass themselves with idiotic posts like these. Content moderation by Glassdoor IS NOT a violation of your first amendment rights. The first amendment is a tool to prevent the government from stopping expressions of speech. I, a private citizen, can stop you from using my stage, my platform if I feel like you're using it to spread BS and rabble-rouse. Get over yourself.
There's a concerning phenomenon where people en mass believe their right to free speech equates to being guaranteed a platform, specifically on social media.
Take the computer out of the equation: is the newspaper infringing on your right to free speech by not publishing an editorial you sent in?
Tell me you didn't pass 8th grade civics without telling me you didn't pass 8th grade civics. The 1st Amendment protects your right to speak out against and critique the government without threat of criminal punishment. It does not apply to private companies moderating their online content.
The First Amendment protects citizens against the government censorship, i.e. protecting freedom of expression. Unless a company contracts for the government, this does not apply to them. This has been reinforced many times under a considerable amount of federal case law. Now can we please not muddy yet another part of the Internet with this absolute nonsense? Thanks.
Tell us you know nothing about the first amendment without telling us that you know nothing about the first amendment.
What part of the US government do you think runs Glassdoor?
The first amendment prevents the government from restricting your right to free speech.
Glassdoor is a private service, run by a private entity. You agreed to their terms of service when you created an account, and you continue to agree to those terms with your continued use of their platform. You may wish to review those terms and determine whether you wish to continue to abide by them or you want to clear out your profile, close your account and stop using there service.
Your other option is to get off your toy pony (because there's no high horse for an asinine assertion about first amendment violations) and stop whining.
OK, first up, the First Amendment of the US Constitution only binds the US Government. They cannot prevent you saying (most) things. That doesn't bind private companies, and nothing obliges them to give you a platform.
Additionally, like many internet companies, Glassdoor extends around the world and not every country has an absolute right to free speech, and they need to comply with the libel laws and other regulations in each country where the content *could* be viewed.
Actually, free speech as a legal right is about the government - your right to criticise the government without risking arrest or imprisonment. Plus, it can be overridden by specific other laws (depends on the country, but hate-speech is a common limitation across many jurisdictions - again, definitions vary).
Glassdoor is not the government, therefore it doesn't have any legal requirement to leave posts up. It's not allowed to discriminate on things like sex, race etc. when it takes actions, but it do anything else that you agreed to in the Ts & Cs for using it's service.
Chief
Actually, civil rights laws generally only protect individuals from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations but do not directly apply to online platforms' moderation practices.
We would never moderate content based on protected classes, but not because it's illegal: because it's not consistent with our mission and company values.
Yes, all companies have to follow the law, but only as it applies to them. Not every law is written for every person or situation, even in the Constitution. Prime example: term limits only apply to the Presidency, and we have other federal elected officials who have been in office of decades. Just a refresher on what the First Amendment actually says, with caps added for emphasis:
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The Amendment, as written, applies to the powers of Congress, not private organizations. Private organizations themselves also have First Amendment rights (look up "First National Bank of Boston vs. Bellotti"). And on top of that, The Supreme Court just last year upheld the First Amendment rights of SOCIAL NETWORKS to moderate their own content.
Here's a summary of that case written by Winston & Strawn, a law firm whose specialty is Civil Liberties/Civil Rights.
https://www.winston.com/en/insights-news/supreme-court-casts-doubt-on-states-efforts-to-restrict-social-media-content-moderation
Now, I'm taking it, based on the evidence presented in this thread, that you're not going to be swayed by any of this. In fact, you'll probably just become more indignant, because that's the tragic predictability of internet trolls. But that doesn't change the FACTS. Yes, dear reader, Facts are true whether you accept them or not. And the facts are that Glassdoor has every right to remove content it doesn't like.
News flash genius--you have the right to free speech, but you don't have a right for a platform that you had to agree to their terms of service to even sign up for to let you say whatever you want in violation of those terms of service. You can yell into the void all you want, but nobody is obligated to give you a platform.
...The first amendment means the government cannot arrest you for speaking out against the government, and absolutely nothing else. It doesn't apply to ANY other situation.
Wow, just, wow
Now here's a "Senior" buffoon in the wild. Your tin foil hat is a little too tight there, bud.
Yes I agree as I have posted a few reviews about previous roles up here and not seen the post!!
If a "Senior Software Engineer" doesn't know what a Scrum Master is that's kind of a tell.
"Wait, there is a Senior Scrum Master? That’s a real job? Dude get off this platform and work for once."
Good Lord! You can't be this clueless, Well, yes you are... By chance, can you define DEI without the ignorant outtakes?
There is so much that is incorrect with what you just said. See my other post about The First Amendment. Regardless, everyone agrees to terms and conditions, including being subject to content moderation rules, when they sign up for Glassdoor. And we wouldn't complaint to the Consumer FINANCE Protection Bureau about this, because Glassdoor is free for individual users. Please go see a doctor, because it seems like you are suffering from a moderate-to-severe case of cranial-rectal inversion.
If they were anything to do anything NOT related to finding work then I say 'Fan-friggin-tastic!!' and "Thank you Glassdoor for doing something about it. There are other sites that are allowing people to post their biased views, racial and political statements that have NOTHING to do with employment opportunities. They're simply abusing open forums. If it provides any clue, I cancelled my 'Premium' subscription because of that nonsense.
PSA - People are looking for jobs on these sites and do not need to sort through peoples ramblings about things that they don't understand or cannot accept.
Take it elsewhere because 99.9% of job hunters do not care.
Look at the time that was wasted here already by people who know what they're talking about defending actions taken against people who do not know what they're talking about.