FBI director reportedly threatened to resign after being pressured to fire his deputy

AP/Andrew Harnik FBI Director Christopher Wray reportedly threatened to resign after being pressured by Attorney General Sessions to fire deputy director Andrew McCabe. White House counsel Don McGahn, who learned from Sessions how upset Wray was over the issue, told Sessions that the matter wasn’t worth pursuing. FBI Director Christopher Wray reportedly threatened to resign […]

The woman who pressured Massage Envy to take action against sexual assault says that sometimes companies ‘need a crisis’ to tackle problems

Facebook / Massage Envy Danielle Dick started a Change.org petition for Massage Envy to change its policies after she says she was sexually assaulted by an employee. This week, Massage Envy unveiled major changes to its policies, which Dick says she wishes “happened years ago.”  Dick will serve on the company’s new safety council.    […]

Facebook pressured to notify users exposed to Russian propaganda

Facebook is facing pressure from lawmakers, tech analysts and even ordinary users to tell people if they were served Russian-linked propaganda during the 2016 US election period. According to Reuters, Democratic Senator Jack Reed asked during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing the social network attended: “Do you feel an obligation… to notify those people who […]

Canelo v GGG: Saul Alvarez was pressured into fighting Gennady Golovkin – trainer

That is the view of Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez as he claimed the Mexican is only facing his man because he was being ridiculed in his home country. Alvarez faces IBF, WBA and WBC champion Golovkin in a middleweight clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this weekend. But the fight has been more […]

Reporter: Google successfully pressured me to take down critical story

Google co-founder Larry Page was CEO of Google in 2011. (credit: Getty Images) The recent furor over a Google-funded think tank firing an anti-Google scholar has inspired Gizmodo journalist Kashmir Hill to tell a story about the time Google used its power to squash a story that was embarrassing to the company. The incident occurred in […]

Never felt pressured to intervene with Russian investigation – US intel directors

Published time: 7 Jun, 2017 15:31 Edited time: 7 Jun, 2017 15:35 National Security Agency (NSA) Director Mike Rogers and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats have both denied that US President Donald Trump put pressure on them to intervene in investigations into possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Republican’s election campaign. At […]

Lawsuit: VR Company Had a 'Kink Room,' Pressured Female Employees to 'Microdose'

UploadVR founder Will Mason is seen in VR gear at a conference. Photo: AP The founders of Silicon Valley startup UploadVR landed on Forbes’ coveted 30 under 30 list this year. And now, they’ve reached another tech world milestone—being sued for rampant sexual harassment. The details of the lawsuit describe a company that seems to […]

FA pressured to reform as grass roots prioritised over Premier League: £50m funds at risk

A recent open letter sent by five former chairmen and chief executives of the FA demanding help from the Government over reform prompted the debate, with MPs looking to send a strong mandate to Sports Minister Tracy Crouch to take legislative measures later this year. That could include appointing an independent body to give greater […]