In the UK, Uber drivers are self employed   - First to London where the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled Uber drivers are indeed workers not self-employed.   - The decision means drivers could be entitled to employment benefits such as a minimum wage and holiday pay.  - The case dates back to a complaint made in 2016 by two Uber drivers.  - Uber maintained it was just a booking app, that requires independent contractors to provide the actual transport.  - The ruling could leave the ride-hailing app facing a hefty compensation bill, and have wider consequences for the gig economy. - The AFR has a local follow up, an interview with the Australian barrister Sheryn Omeri, who successfully argued the UK case.  - It’s a good read if you’d like to get into the details on the difference between an “employee” a worker and an independent contractor.  Buzzfeed has a long read on how decisions get made, and unmade at Facebook  Facebook’s rules to combat misinformation and hate speech are subject to the whims and political considerations of its CEO and his policy team leader. - They report, CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened when the platform was preparing to ban Infowars founder Alex Jones for spreading misinformation and hate.  - "Mark personally didn’t like the punishment, so he changed the rules,” a former policy employee told BuzzFeed News, - Facebook determined that Jones - who claims 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was a “giant hoax” - should be kicked off the social media site  - But Zuckerberg stepped in and overruled his own internal experts and opened a gaping loophole: Facebook would permanently ban Jones and his company — but would not touch posts of praise and support for them from other Facebook users. - That meant Jones’ followers could continue to share his lies across the world’s largest social network. - The decision delayed the company’s efforts to remove right wing militant organizations such as the Oath Keepers, which were involved the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. The security concerns around clubhouse aren’t going away  - Bloomberg reports, that an unidentified user was able to stream Clubhouse audio feeds this weekend from “multiple rooms” into their own third-party website this weekend.  - the company says it’s “permanently banned” that particular user and installed new “safeguards” to prevent a repeat, researchers contend the platform may not be in a position to make such promises. - Users of the invitation-only iOS app should assume all conversations are being recorded, the Stanford Internet Observatory, - Alex Stamos is the director of the SIO and Facebook Inc.’s former security chief. and his team were also able to confirm that Clubhouse relies on a Shanghai-based startup called Agora Inc. to handle much of its back-end operations.  - Raises extensive privacy concerns, especially for Chinese citizens and dissidents under the impression their conversations are beyond the reach of state surveillance And that’s all for today. We will be back to usual programming on Wednesday.  https://mumbrella.com.au/aus-government-to-stop-paid-advertising-on-facebook-while-news-is-cut-669570     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.