News Archive: Apple Labor, Employment, Human Rights, & Corporate Governance 

Archive of historical news coverage about Apple specific to labor, employment, human rights, and corruption concerns.​

Tags: "Legal," "SEC," "NLRB," "DOJ," "Labor," "Congress," "Fraud," "Safety," "Crimes," "Intimidation," "Censorship," "Surveillance," "Secrecy," "Taxes," "Discrimination" ​

​1990s

​When Carl Sagan sued Apple... TWICE (1994) 
Engadget | Yoni Heisler | February 2014
​https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-26-when-carl-sagan-sued-apple-twice.html
🏷 - Legal

​​2000 - 2009

The Register: Apple sues three journalists for emails. EFF backs defence (Feb 2005)
https://www.theregister.com/2005/02/16/eff_backs_journos/
​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Censorship

The Register: Book giant feels wrath of Jobs: Ahead of new bio, Apple destocks Wiley titles (Apr 2005)
www.theregister.com/2005/04/27/apple_snubs_wiley/
​🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship

The New York Times: Steve Jobs's Review of His Biography: Ban It (April 2005)
​www.nytimes.com/2005/04/30/technology/steve-jobss-review-of-his-biography-ban-it.html
🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship

The Mac Observer: Apple Hit With Discrimination Lawsuit (May 2005)
www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Apple_Hit_With_Discrimination_Lawsuit
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Discrimination 
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​Macworld: Apple sued for discrimination by former employee (May 2005)
https://www.macworld.com/article/175721/lawsuit-13.html
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Discrimination 

Washington Post: Sweatshop Conditions at IPod Factory Reported (June 2006)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501898.html
🏷 - Legal - Labor  

EFF: Apple v. Does​ Lawsuit (June 2006)
www.eff.org/cases/apple-v-does
​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Censorship
​
WIRED: Judging Apple Sweatshop Charge (June 2006)​
https://www.wired.com/2006/06/judging-apple-sweatshop-charge/
🏷 - Legal - Labor  

SEC: U.S. S.E.C. Also Settles Claims Against Former Apple CFO for $3.5 Million (April 2007)
https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2007/2007-70.htm
​🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

Focus in Apple's options scandal shifts to its board
SF Gate | Jessica Guynn | May 3, 2007
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Focus-in-Apple-s-options-scandal-shifts-to-its-2562241.php​
​🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

Ex-Officers of Apple Await Suit
New York Times | John Markoff and Eric Dash | April 24, 2007
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/technology/24apple.html
​🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

The Register: Woz urges Apple to drop (journalist) bullying lawsuits. Enough's enough (Dec 2007)
www.theregister.com/2005/02/22/wozniak_stop_bullying/
​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Censorship

WSJ: The Forbidden City of Terry Gou: His complex in China turns out iPhones and PCs, powering the biggest exporter you've never heard of (Aug 2007)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118677584137994489
​🏷 - Labor
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The Register: Apple mugs Think Secret. Site to close after legal settlement (Dec 2007)
https://www.theregister.com/2007/12/20/apple_closes_thinksecret/
​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Censorship

Steve Jobs Goes Off the Record  (July 2008)
https://executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/steve-jobs-goes-off-the-record/
​​🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship

Apple's Board: Still Room for Schmidt?  (May 2008)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-05-07/apples-board-still-room-for-schmidt-businessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice
​​🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC
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Apple’s Culture of Secrecy​ (July 2008)
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/26nocera.html
​​🏷 - Secrecy - Intimidation - Censorship

Steve Jobs and Apple: Here We Go Again  (June 2009)
https://executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/steve-jobs-and-apple-here-we-go-again/
​​🏷 - Secrecy - Legal - SEC

Jobs letter to Apple employees  (Jan 2009)
https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/text-of-jobss-letter-to-apple-employees

The New York Times: Apple’s Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger (Jun 2009)
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/technology/23apple.html
​​🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance - Secrecy

Apple Insider: Apple's 'Worldwide Loyalty Team' ensures secrets stay secret (Dec 2009)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/15/apples_worldwide_loyalty_team_ensures_secrets_stay_secret.html
​​🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance - Secrecy

Gizmodo: Apple Gestapo: How Apple Hunts Down Leaks (Dec 2009)
https://gizmodo.com/apple-gestapo-how-apple-hunts-down-leaks-5427058
​​🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance - Secrecy

Gizmodo: Report: iPhone Leak Interrogations Drive Foxconn Employee to Suicide (July 2009)
https://gizmodo.com/report-iphone-leak-interrogations-drive-foxconn-employ-5319275
​​🏷 - Labor - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance 

FTC still probing Google and Apple after Schmidt resignation (Aug 2009)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/08/ftc-still-probing-google-and-apple-after-schmidt-resignation/
​​🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

Apple and Google: Collusion or Sleeping With the Enemy? (Aug 2009)
https://www.pcworld.com/article/524721/apple_google_ftc_fcc.html
​​🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

FTC to press on with Apple-Google board probe  (Aug 2009)
https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWBT01152520090803
🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

Google's Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board over 'conflict of interest'  (Aug 2009)
https://www.engadget.com/2009-08-03-googles-eric-schmidt-resigns-from-apple-board-over-conflict-of.html
🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

Arthur Levinson Resigns From Google's Board of Directors (Oct 2009)
🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

Board Ties at Apple and Google Are Scrutinized (May 2009)
🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

Levinson Leaves Google Board Amid F.T.C. Inquiry (Oct 2009)
🏷 - Legal - SEC - FTC

Worker Commits Suicide Over Misplaced iPhone (July 2009)
​​🏷 - Labor - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance 

Anil Dash: Apple: Secrecy Does Not Scale (July 2009)
​​​🏷 - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance 

​​2010 - 2019

Computerworld: EFF slams Apple patent as traitorware: Jobs is spying on you? (Aug 2010)
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2469001/eff-slams-apple-patent-as-traitorware--jobs-is-spying-on-you-.html
​​🏷 - Surveillance 

Inc: Orwellian Watch: Apple's Creepy Patent Application (Aug 2010)
https://www.inc.com/tech-blog/orwellian-watch-apples-creepy-patent-application.html
​​🏷 - Surveillance 

EFF: Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware (Aug 2010)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/steve-jobs-watching-you-apple-seeking-patent-0
​​🏷 - Surveillance 

DOJ: Justice Department Requires Six High Tech Companies to Stop Entering into Anticompetitive Employee Solicitation Agreements (Sept 2010)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-six-high-tech-companies-stop-entering-anticompetitive-employee
​​🏷 - Legal - DOJ - Labor - Crimes  

MarketWatch: Police task force oversight committee has included Apple (April 2010)
www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-has-sat-on-steering-committee-for-task-force-2010-04-27
​​🏷 - Legal 

EFF: San Mateo D.A. Withdraws Controversial Gizmodo iPhone Warrant (July 2010)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/san-mateo-da-withdraws-gizmodo-iphone-warrant
​​🏷 - Legal 

NBC News: Chinese factory asks for 'no suicide' vow: Foxconn, one of Apple's Chinese manufacturers, is asking its employees to sign a pledge that they will not kill themselves as the company tries to control the damage from a spate of suicides. (May 2010)
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna37354853
​​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights  

Reuters: Foxconn worker plunges to death at China plant: report (Nov 2010)
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A41M920101105
​​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights  

Economist: Suicides at Foxconn: Light and death. A series of deaths expose a big computer-maker to unaccustomed scrutiny (May 2010)
https://www.economist.com/business/2010/05/27/light-and-death
​​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights  

Wired: Foxconn Rallies Workers, Leaves Suicide Nets in Place (Aug 2010)
https://www.wired.com/2010/08/foxconn-rallies-workers-installs-suicide-nets/
​​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights  

AppleInsider: Former Apple marketing manager describes company's 'controlled leaks'  (Jan 2010)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/06/former_apple_marketing_manager_describes_companys_controlled_leaks.html
​​🏷 - Secrecy - Censorship 

EFF: OverREACTing: Dissecting the Gizmodo Warrant (April 2010)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/gizmodo-search-warrant-illegal
​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

The Gizmodo Warrant: Searching Journalists in the Terabyte Age  (April 2010)
freedom-to-tinker.com/2010/04/27/gizmodo-warrant-searching-journalists-terabyte-age/
​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

The New York Times: Computers Seized From Home of Blogger in iPhone Inquiry (April 2010)
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/technology/27iphone.html​
​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Gizmodo: Police Seize Jason Chen's Computers (April 2010)
gizmodo.com/police-seize-jason-chens-computers-5524843
​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Chinese workers link sickness to n-hexane and Apple iPhone screens: Staff suffer health decline after supplier's use of toxic chemical to clean western gadgets
Guardian | Tania Branigan | May 7 2010
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/07/chinese-workers-sickness-hexane-apple-iphone
​​🏷 - Safety - Labor  

Wired: Workers Plan to Sue iPhone Contractor Over Poisoning​ (May 2010)
https://www.wired.com/2010/05/wintek-employees-sue/
​​🏷 - Safety - Labor  - Legal 

Apple’s Recent Strike in Suzhou is Sign of Continued Bad Labor and CSR Practices in China (Jan 2010)
https://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2010/01/21/will-apple-be-the-next-nike-or-will-they-take-labor-compliance-seriously/
​​🏷 - Legal - Labor 

WSJ: Suicides Spark Inquiries: Apple, H-P to Examine Asian Supplier After String of Deaths at Factory (May 2010)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704026204575267603576594936
​​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights - Legal 

Police Who Illegally Broke Into Gizmodo Journalist's House Deride Seized E-mails as "Juvenile" (Oct 2011) 
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/prosecutor-ridicules-gizmodo-journalists
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Did Apple snoops pose as cops in iPhone hunt? (Sept 2011) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/did-apple-snoops-pose-cops-iphone-hunt-updated-flna121012
​​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Apple's Sleazy Secret Police Lose Their Leader (Nov 2011) 
www.gawker.com/5856260/apples-sleazy-secret-police-lose-their-leader
​​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Surveillance 

Lost iPhone 5: Bernal Heights Man Says Visitors Impersonating Police Searched His Home (Sept 2011) 
https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/lost-iphone-5-bernal-heights-man-says-visitors-impersonating-police-searched-his-home-exclusive/article_7f9d7db6-ee7e-56ca-aeea-2981c369d780.html​
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Patent indicates sophisticated remote surveillance for Find My iPhone (June 2011) 
https://9to5mac.com/2011/06/16/patent-indicates-sophisticated-remote-surveillance-for-find-my-iphone/​
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

ZDNet: Apple 'fires employee' for critical Facebook posting: Were they right to? (Nov 2011) 
https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-fires-employee-for-critical-facebook-posting-were-they-right-to/
​​​🏷 - Labor - Censorship - Secrecy

ZDNet: Apple's internal employee social media policies leaked (Dec 2011) 
https://www.zdnet.com/article/apples-internal-employee-social-media-policies-leaked/
​​​🏷 - Labor - Censorship - Secrecy

Huff: Apple Store Employee Cory Moll Seeks Union For Retail Staffers (June 2011) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/apple-store-employees-union-cory-moll-retail-workers_n_875767?ec_carp=4375540550802873502
​​​🏷 - Labor

Apple exploring 'proactive' iPhone security methods for stolen hardware (June 2011) 
https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/16/apple_exploring_proactive_iphone_security_methods_for_stolen_hardware
​​​🏷 - Surveillance 

Apple Investigators Allegedly Posed as Cops in iPhone Prototype Hunt (Sept 2011) 
Wired 
https://www.wired.com/2011/09/iphone5-lost-in-bar-more/
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

SFPD wants surveillance footage in the lost iPhone case (Sept 2011) 
https://9to5mac.com/2011/09/25/sfpd-wants-surveillance-footage-in-the-lost-iphone-case/
​​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

For lost iPhone, SFPD wants bar's surveillance video (Sept 2011) 
https://www.cnet.com/news/for-lost-iphone-sfpd-wants-bars-surveillance-video/#ixzz1Z0lwzTTq
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Man claims police impersonators searched home for lost prototype iPhone (Sept 2011) 
https://9to5mac.com/2011/09/02/man-claims-police-impersonators-search-home-for-lost-prototype-iphone/
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Apple's secret police conducted illegal searches in San Francisco (Nov 2011) 
https://www.rt.com/usa/apple-iphone-francisco-theriault-593/
​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Exclusive: Apple Vice President of Global Security John Theriault departs company following lost iPhone 4S investigation (Nov 2011) 
https://9to5mac.com/2011/11/03/exclusive-apple-vice-president-of-global-security-john-theriault-departs-company-following-lost-iphone-4s-investigation/
​​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Surveillance 

Gawker: Apple Prepares to Crush Apple Store Unions (2011) 
https://www.gawker.com/5857523/apple-prepares-to-crush-apple-store-unions
​​​🏷 - Labor
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SF police launch probe into iPhone search. The San Francisco Police Department is looking into how officers assisted Apple in searching for an iPhone prototype. (Sept 2011) 
https://www.cnet.com/news/sf-police-launch-probe-into-iphone-search/
​​​​🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Harsh Reality Behind Apple Scandal (Feb 2011) 
https://icrt.co/harsh-reality-behind-apple-scandal/
​​​🏷 - Labor - Safety  

New York Times: In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad (Jan 2012)
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html
​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights  

TechCrunch: Damning Evidence Emerges In Google-Apple “No Poach” Antitrust Lawsuit (Jan 2012)
techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/damning-evidence-emerges-in-google-apple-no-poach-antitrust-lawsuit/​
​​🏷 - Labor - Crimes - DOJ  

New Apple tech can detect, alert iPhone owners of unauthorized use (Oct 2012)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/10/16/new-apple-tech-can-detect-alert-iphone-owners-of-unauthorized-use
​🏷 - Surveillance 

Apple’s Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-short-on-pay.html
​🏷 - Labor 

WSJ: Life Inside Foxconn's Facility in Shenzhen (Dec 2012)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CJB-17008
​🏷 - Labor - Human Rights  
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CBS: What happened after the Foxconn suicides (Aug 2013) 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happened-after-the-foxconn-suicides/
​🏷 - Labor - Legal  

Apple slapped with lawsuit over mandatory employee bag checks: After allegedly being made to stand in line for "required but uncompensated security checks," former retail store employees sue the iPhone-maker for dozens of hours of unpaid wages. (July 2013)
www.cnet.com/news/apple-slapped-with-lawsuit-over-mandatory-employee-bag-checks/
​🏷 - Labor - Legal  

New York Times: U.S. Confirms That It Gathers Online Data Overseas (June 2013)
www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/us/nsa-verizon-calls.html
​🏷 - Surveillance 

New York Times: Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Yahoo, Microsoft, Paltalk, AOL And Apple Deny Participation In NSA PRISM Surveillance Program (June 2013)
www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/us/nsa-verizon-calls.html
​🏷 - Surveillance 

CNET: Head of unofficial Apple retail labor union departs (2013) 
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/head-of-unofficial-apple-retail-labor-union-departs/
​🏷 - Labor 

Google’s Calico Could Pose a Conflict for Apple Chairman Arthur Levinson (Sept 2013)
https://business.time.com/2013/09/18/googles-calico-could-pose-a-conflict-for-apple-chairman-arthur-levinson/
​🏷 - Legal - SEC

Independent: 'EVEN WORSE THAN FOXCONN': APPLE ROCKED BY CHILD LABOUR CLAIMS. China Labour Watch links 'competitive advantages' offered by illegal labour practices with plans for a new, cheaper iPhone (July 2013)
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/even-worse-than-foxconn-apple-rocked-by-child-labour-claims-8736504.html​ 
​🏷 - Legal - Human Rights - Labor - Crimes 

Forbes: How Does Apple Avoid Taxes (May 2013)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leesheppard/2013/05/28/how-does-apple-avoid-taxes/
​🏷 - Taxes 

​Banko v Apple (2013)
Violation of Dodd-Frank Act; Wrongful Termination; Retaliation; Breach of Employment Contract; Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing 
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2013cv02977/267632/38/
​🏷 - Legal - Crimes - SEC 

BBC: Child labour uncovered in Apple's supply chain: Internal audit reveals 106 children employed at 11 factories making Apple products in past year (Jan 2013)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/25/apple-child-labour-supply
​🏷 - Legal - Human Rights - Labor - Crimes 

Reuters: Exclusive: Apple, Google to pay $324 million to settle conspiracy lawsuit​ (April 2014) 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-google-lawsuit-exclusive-idUSBREA3N28Z20140425
🏷 - Legal - DOJ - Crimes

BBC: Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers' (Dec 2014) 
www.bbc.com/news/business-30532463
🏷 - Labor - Human Rights   

Guardian: Apple under fire again for working conditions at Chinese factories (Dec 2014) 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/19/apple-under-fire-again-for-working-conditions-at-chinese-factories
🏷 - Labor - Human Rights   

Apple reveals most employees are white men, says diversity needs to be improved (Aug 2014) 
appleinsider.com/articles/14/08/12/apple-reveals-most-employees-are-white-men-says-diversity-needs-to-be-improved
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination  

Google, Apple, and Other Tech Titans’ Wage-Suppression Conspiracy Estimated to Cover One Million Workers (March 2014) 
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/03/google-apple-tech-titans-wage-suppression-conspiracy-estimated-cover-one-million-workers.html
🏷 - Labor - DOJ

Apple, Google, and the Hubris of Silicon Valley's Hiring Conspiracy (May 2014) 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-05-01/apple-google-and-the-hubris-of-silicon-valleys-hiring-conspiracy
🏷 - Labor - DOJ

The Secret Apps That Only Apple Employees Get to Use. The tech giant has exclusive apps for bug-tracking, company news, and keeping track of receipts. (Nov 2014) 
https://www.inc.com/business-insider/the-secret-apps-only-apple-employees-use.html
🏷 - Secrecy

BlackRock's Susan Wagner Joins Apple's Board of Directors, Replacing Bill Campbell (July 2014) 
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/17/susan-wagner-joins-apple-board/
🏷 - Legal - SEC
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Apple sued by employees over labor issues (July 2014) 
https://money.cnn.com/2014/07/23/technology/apple-labor/index.html​
🏷 - Labor   

The Right to Read User E-mails (March 2014) 
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2014/03/26/the-right-to-read-user-e-mails/
🏷 - Surveillance   

CNN: Apple sued by employees over labor issues: SEC Charges Former Apple General Counsel for Illegal Stock Option Backdating (July 2014) 
https://money.cnn.com/2014/07/23/technology/apple-labor/index.html
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

Bloomberg Law: Apple Workers Can Sue as a Class Over Searches (July 2015)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/apple-workers-can-sue-as-a-class-over-searches
🏷 - Labor - Legal 

CNET: Apple wins dismissal of employee bag-search lawsuit: Judge says the more than 12,000 current and former employees were free to avoid waiting in line by not bringing a bag to work. (Nov 2015)
www.cnet.com/news/apple-wins-dismissal-of-employee-bag-search-lawsuit/
🏷 - Labor - Legal 

Two Charts Show Why Apple's Fight Against Supplier Labor Violations Is Far From Over (Feb 2015)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-11/two-charts-show-why-apple-s-fight-against-supplier-labor-violations-is-far-from-over?hootPostID=6cea7a725e3d74de1907eb63fc0cb0ee
🏷 - Labor - Legal 
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Newsweek: Is Apple Helping China Spy on Its Citizens? (March 2015)
https://www.newsweek.com/apple-helping-china-spy-its-citizens-311654
​🏷 - Surveillance - Human Rights

Exposing BlackRock: Who’s Afraid of Laurence Fink and His Overpowering Institution? (Dec 2015)
https://truthout.org/articles/exposing-blackrock-who-s-afraid-of-laurence-fink-and-his-overpowering-institution/
🏷 - Legal 

Apple and Privacy (Oct 2015)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2015/10/08/apple-and-privacy/
🏷 - Surveillance   
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9-to-5 Mac: Tim Cook responded to Apple Store staff complaints about bag check policy, asking execs “Is this true?” (June 2015)
9to5mac.com/2015/06/11/apple-store-security-checks/
🏷 - Labor - Legal  

Apple Agrees to Pay $450,000 to Settle Hazardous Waste Violations​. (Dec 2016)
dtsc.ca.gov/2016/12/06/apple-agrees-to-pay-450000-to-settle-hazardous-waste-violations/
🏷 - Labor - Safety - Crimes 

Jane Don't: Ex-Apple In-House Attorney Can't Sue Company Under Pseudonym. (Nov 2016)
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/in-house/jane-dont-ex-apple-in-house-attorney-cant-sue-company-under-pseudonym/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

Apple responds to diversity criticism: "We had a Canadian" onstage at iPhone 7 event. (Sept 2016)
https://www.mic.com/articles/153854/apple-responds-to-diversity-criticism-we-had-a-canadian-onstage-at-i-phone-7-event
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

Mic: Apple employees say their mental health issues came from alleged hostile work environment. (Sept 2016)
https://www.mic.com/articles/154788/apple-employees-say-their-mental-health-issues-came-from-alleged-hostile-work-environment
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

VOX: Apple says it has investigated recent allegations of sexism on campus and ‘actions have been taken’: Apple’s HR chief says even companies that value diversity face challenges in a male-dominated field. (Sept 2016)
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/16/12945114/apple-responds-sexism-allegations​
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

Gizmodo: This is the 'Rape Joke' That's Rocking Apple (Sept 2016)
https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-rape-joke-thats-rocking-apple-1786630339
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

Mic: Leaked Apple emails reveal employees' complaints about sexist, toxic work environment (Sept 2016)
https://www.mic.com/articles/154169/leaked-apple-emails-reveal-employees-complaints-about-sexist-toxic-work-environment
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

The Guardian: Apple ordered to pay €13bn after EU rules Ireland broke state aid laws (Aug 2016)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/aug/30/apple-pay-back-taxes-eu-ruling-ireland-state-aid
​🏷 - Taxes   

How they line up on Apple vs. the FBI (Feb 2016)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/fbi-apple/
​🏷 - Legal   

Apple’s Rotten Core: CEO Tim Cook’s case for not aiding the FBI’s antiterror effort looks worse than ever. (Feb 2016)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-rotten-core-1456696736
​🏷 - Legal   

CNN: Apple employee found dead at HQ shot himself (April 2016)
money.cnn.com/2016/04/28/technology/apple-employee-death-gun-suicide/index.html
​🏷 - Labor  

Fortune: Apple Lawyer Claims He Was Fired Over Muslim Faith (March 2016)
https://fortune.com/2016/03/03/apple-muslim-discrimination/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

Apple counsel Bruce Sewell calls DOJ filing 'cheap shot' that seeks to 'vilify'​  (March 2016)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/03/10/apple-counsel-bruce-sewell-calls-doj-filing-cheap-shot-seeking-to-vilify
​🏷 - Legal - DOJ

BRUCE SEWELL: ‘THE TONE OF THE BRIEF READS LIKE AN INDICTMENT’ (March 2016)
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/03/10/sewell-tone-brief
​🏷 - Legal - DOJ
​
ABC News: Siri Now Understands Questions About Sexual Assault After Study Critiqued Automated Responses (March 2016) 
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/siri-now-understands-questions-sexual-assault-study-critiqued/story?id=38031759
🏷 - Discrimination 

Apple Makes You Sign An NDA Before You Can Even See A Secret Project's Codename (March 2016) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/12/08/apple-makes-you-sign-an-nda-before-you-can-even-see-a-secret-projects-codename/?sh=376bd7104b19
🏷 - Secrecy 

Apple promises privacy - but not on iCloud (Feb 2016) 
https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/22/technology/apple-privacy-icloud/
🏷 - Surveillance  

Wired: Apple's FBI Battle Is Complicated. Here's What's Really Going On​ (Feb 2016)
https://www.wired.com/2016/02/apples-fbi-battle-is-complicated-heres-whats-really-going-on/
🏷 - Legal

Read Tim Cook's email to Apple employees about its fight against the FBI (Feb 2016)
https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/22/11092028/apple-tim-cook-fbi-encryption-internal-memo/in/10800347
🏷 - Legal - DOJ

Justice Department says Apple’s defense of encryption is just a marketing stunt​ (Feb 2016)
https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/19/11068684/apple-iphone-encryption-justice-department-fbi/in/10800347
🏷 - Legal - DOJ
​
BBC: Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims (Jan 2016)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35311456
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Human Rights 

Apple Insider: Apple includes shareholder proposal on diversity in proxy statement, advises vote against (Jan 2016)
appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/06/apple-includes-shareholder-proposal-on-diversity-in-proxy-statement-advises-vote-against
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Discrimination - Censorship

Reuters: Apple aims to block climate, rights proposals with quick use of SEC guidance (Dec 2017)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-investors/apple-aims-to-block-climate-rights-proposals-with-quick-use-of-sec-guidance-idUSKBN1E5190
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Censorship 

Bloomberg Law: Apple Loses First-of-Its-Kind Bid to Block Human Rights Proposal (Dec 2017)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/apple-loses-first-of-its-kind-bid-to-block-human-rights-proposal-1
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Human Rights - Censorship

How I survived and thrived in Apple's legendary environment of super-secrecy (Sept 2017)
https://www.vox.com/2017/9/11/16288896/apple-secrecy-inkling-culture-leadership-transparency-values
🏷 - Secrecy 

Apple Insider: Apple pushes back against shareholder measures on human rights & greenhouse gases (Dec 2017)
appleinsider.com/articles/17/12/11/apple-pushes-back-against-shareholder-measures-on-human-rights-greenhouse-gases
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Human Rights - Censorship

After a Tax Crackdown, Apple Found a New Shelter for Its Profits. The tech giant has found a tax haven in the island of Jersey, leaving billions of dollars untouched by the United States, leaked documents reveal. (Nov 2017)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey.html
🏷 - Taxes

BBC: Paradise Papers: Apple's secret tax bolthole revealed (Nov 2017)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41889787
​🏷 - Taxes

NY Post: Apple’s diversity chief out after outcry (Nov 2017)
https://nypost.com/2017/11/17/apples-diversity-chief-lasts-just-six-months/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 
​
Bloomberg Law : Apple Can Block Proposal on Tying Diversity to Executive Pay (Dec 2017)
| Andrea Vittorio | Dec. 19, 2017
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/apple-can-block-proposal-on-tying-diversity-to-executive-pay-1
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Discrimination - Censorship

Apple’s general counsel and SVP Bruce Sewell to retire, will be replaced by Katherine Adams (Oct 2017)
https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/06/apples-general-counsel-and-svp-bruce-sewell-to-retire-will-be-replaced-by-katherine-adams/
🏷 - Legal

Apple Insider: Apple seeks permission from SEC to exclude proposal tying executive diversity metrics to CEO performance (Oct 2017)
appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/26/apple-seeks-permission-from-sec-to-exclude-proposal-tying-executive-diversity-metrics-to-ceo-performance
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Discrimination - Censorship

QZ: Apple’s VP of diversity and inclusion is backtracking on her controversial comments about white men (Oct 2017)
https://qz.com/1102907/denise-young-smith-apple-vp-of-diversity-and-inclusion-apologizes-for-comments-about-white-blue-eyed-men/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

​QZ: Apple’s first ever VP of diversity and inclusion says she focuses on everyone, not just minorities (Nov 2017)
​https://qz.com/1097425/apples-first-ever-vp-of-diversity-and-inclusion-says-she-focuses-on-everyone-not-just-minorities/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

AppleInsider: Katherine Adams to Become Apple's New General Counsel as Bruce Sewell Set to Retire This Year (Nov 2017)
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/06/katherine-adams-named-apple-general-counsel/
🏷 - Legal 

TechCrunch: Apple diversity head Denise Young Smith apologizes for controversial choice of words at summit (Nov 2017)
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/apple-diversity-head-denise-young-smith-apologizes-for-controversial-choice-of-words-at-summit/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

The State of Apple​ (Jan 2017)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2017/01/23/the-state-of-apple/

9-to-5 Mac: Apple asks SEC for permission to exclude employee diversity proposal from shareholder vote (Oct 2017)
https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/27/apple-employee-diversity-proposal/
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Discrimination - Censorship

Apple Park’s Open Work Spaces (July 2017)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2017/07/27/apple-parks-open-work-spaces/
🏷 - Labor  

The Outline: Leaked recording: Inside Apple’s global war on leakers: Former NSA agents, secrecy members on product teams, and a screening apparatus bigger than the TSA. (June 2017)
theoutline.com/post/1766/leaked-recording-inside-apple-s-global-war-on-leakers
🏷 - Labor - Surveillance - Censorship  

The Guardian: Life and death in Apple’s forbidden city: In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves (June 2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/18/foxconn-life-death-forbidden-city-longhua-suicide-apple-iphone-brian-merchant-one-device-extract
🏷 - Labor - Human Rights 

AppleInsider: Apple HR head Denise Young Smith takes up new role as VP for 'Inclusion and Diversity' (May 2017)
appleinsider.com/articles/17/05/23/apple-hr-head-denise-young-smith-takes-up-new-role-as-vp-for-inclusion-and-diversity
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

AppleInsider: Apple shareholders again reject proposal to diversify senior management (March 2017)
appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/01/apple-shareholders-again-reject-proposal-to-diversify-senior-management
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Discrimination - Censorship

Washington Post: Apple cracks down further on cobalt supplier in Congo as child labor persists (March 2017)
/www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/03/apple-cracks-down-further-on-cobalt-supplier-in-congo-as-child-labor-persists/
🏷 - Labor - Human Rights - Crimes  

QZ: Apple will not tolerate harassment at its developer conference this year (March 2017)
https://qz.com/943081/apple-aapl-is-introducing-a-strong-anti-harassment-message-at-wwdc-2017/
🏷 - Labor - Discrimination 

The Verge: Apple shareholders are demanding more diversity, but the company is fighting back (Feb 2017)
www.theverge.com/2017/2/15/14614740/apple-shareholder-diversity-proposal-opposition
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Discrimination - Censorship

Forbes: Blood Batteries - Cobalt & the Congo (Sept 2018)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2018/09/26/blood-batteries-cobalt-and-the-congo
🏷 - Legal - Crimes - Human Rights

Newsweek: Apple: Human Rights Violations in Supply Chain Double in a Year, Report Reveals (March 2018)
https://www.newsweek.com/apple-human-rights-violations-supply-chain-double-year-reports-reveals-836247​
​🏷 - Human Rights - Legal - Labor
​
Fortune: Apple Avoided $40 Billion in Taxes. Now It Wants a Gold Star? (Jan 2018)
https://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-bonuses-money-us-350-billion-taxes-trump/​

The Guardian: 'They'll squash you like a bug': how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers (March 2018)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/16/silicon-valley-internal-work-spying-surveillance-leakers
​🏷 - Surveillance - Intimidation - Labor

Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information​ (April 2018)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2018/04/14/apple-warns-employees-to-stop-leaking-information/
​🏷 - Surveillance - Intimidation 

Engadget: Former Apple exec claims the company spied on his text messages. Apple alleges he breached his contract by making plans for a competing company while employed at Apple (Dec 2019)
https://www.engadget.com/2019-12-10-apple-lawsuit-snooped-text-messages.html
🏷 - Legal - Surveillance  

AP: Lawsuit: Apple, Microsoft profit from child cobalt miners (Dec 2019)
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-africa-lawsuits-politics-a950d585f885f670aee416db8973e3f3
🏷 - Legal - Crimes - Human Rights

The Guardian: Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths (Dec 2019)
www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths
🏷 - Legal - Crimes - Human Rights

CNBC: Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion in taxes over the last decade (Dec 2019)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/02/silicon-valley-giants-accused-of-avoiding-100-billion-in-taxes.html

AP: Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update (Oct 2019)
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-ap-top-news-us-news-apple-inc-078755dbec364b71a7b34abf63fb6284
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Surveillance 

Washington Post: Did you say, ‘Hey, Siri’? Apple and Amazon curtail human review of voice recordings.​ (Aug 2019)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/02/apple-says-its-contractors-will-stop-listening-users-through-siri/
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Surveillance 

Bloomberg: Ex-Apple Executive Accused of Betrayal Says He Was Snooped On (Dec 2019)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-10/ex-apple-executive-accused-of-betrayal-says-he-was-snooped-on
🏷 - Legal - Surveillance 

Engadget: Apple's former insider trading watchdog indicted for... insider trading: Gene Levoff allegedly had access to earnings reports before Apple posted them. (Oct 2019)
https://www.engadget.com/2019-10-24-apple-lawyer-insider-trading-charges.html
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

Washington Post: Apple accused of worker violations in Chinese factories: Apple denied most of the allegations, but acknowledged that it exceeded the number of contract workers allowed by Chinese law (Sept 2019)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/09/apple-accused-worker-violations-chinese-factories-by-labor-rights-group/​
🏷 - Legal - Labor

Lobbying Against Right to Repair (May 2019)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/05/02/lobbying-against-right-to-repair/
🏷 - Legal - Congress

Legal at Apple Scale (June 2019)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/06/13/legal-at-apple-scale/
🏷 - Legal 

N.Y. Teen Blames Apple’s Facial Recognition for Wrongful Arrest, Files $1B Lawsuit
​By Tanasia Kenney | April 29, 2019
https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/04/29/n-y-teen-blames-apples-facial-recognition-for-wrongful-arrest-files-1b-lawsuit/
🏷 - Legal - Surveillance 

The Verge: Apple claims it isn’t scanning customers’ faces, after teen sues for $1 billion​ (Apr 2019)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/2019/4/23/18512942/apple-lawsuit-facial-recognition-nypd-1-billion-theft
🏷 - Legal - Surveillance 

NBC: Fatal Box Truck Crash in San Jose May Have Exposed Apple Sensitive Material
The two occupants were retired cops from the LA area and were armed (Jan 2019)
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fatal-box-truck-crash-in-san-jose-may-have-exposed-apple-sensitive-material/4847/
🏷 - Legal - Safety 
​
NPR: Former Apple Executive Accused Of Insider Trading By SEC (Feb 2019)
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/13/694315163/ex-apple-exec-who-oversaw-insider-trading-policy-profited-on-inside-info-sec-say
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

Apple's Video Plans Put Disney Chief's Board Seat at Risk (March 2019)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-05/apple-s-video-plans-put-disney-chief-s-board-seat-at-risk
🏷 - Legal

Bob Iger resigns from Apple’s board of directors ahead of Apple TV+ and Disney+ launches (Sept 2019)
https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/13/bob-iger-resigns-apples-board/
🏷 - Legal 

Tim Cook supported Apple's legal team after 'very ugly' iBooks lawsuit (June 2019)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/10/tim-cook-supported-apples-legal-team-after-very-ugly-ibooks-lawsuit
🏷 - Legal - Intimidation 

Apple accused of monitoring employee text messages in lawsuit against ex-chip exec (Dec 2019)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/10/apple-accused-of-monitoring-employee-text-messages-in-lawsuit-against-ex-chip-exec.html
🏷 - Legal - Surveillance 

The Time Tim Cook Stood His Ground Against the FBI (April 2019)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/04/17/the-time-tim-cook-stood-his-ground-against-the-fbi/
🏷 - Legal - Labor

Bloomberg Law: Apple on Hook for Millions for Off-the-Clock Bag Searches (Feb 2019)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/apple-owes-workers-millions-for-off-the-clock-bag-searches
🏷 - Legal - Labor

Bloomberg Law: Apple Lawyer Faces SEC Insider Trading Accusation (Feb 2019)
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/apple-lawyer-faces-sec-insider-trading-accusation-1
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

Bloomberg: What It’s Like to Work Inside Apple’s ‘Black Site’: Contractors a few miles from the company’s spaceship-like headquarters live in fear of termination—and the bathroom lines. (Feb 2019)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-11/apple-black-site-gives-contractors-few-perks-little-security
🏷 - Labor

​​2020 - 2029

Washington Post: Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China: New documents show Lens Technology, which makes iPhone glass and is owned by China’s richest woman, received Uighur Muslim laborers transferred from Xinjiang. (Dec 2020)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/
🏷 - Legal - Labor
​
Report: Apple TV+ Show Based on Gawker Media Got Scrapped After Tim Cook Intervened (Dec 2020)
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/12/14/tim-cook-killed-off-gawker-apple-tv-plus-show/
​🏷 - Censorship

Washington Post: Apple’s head of global security indicted on bribery charges: Thomas Moyer allegedly promised Apple would donate iPads in exchange for concealed-weapons permits. (Nov 2020)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/23/apple-sheriff-bribery/
🏷 - Legal 

Apple’s head of global security indicted in Santa Clara County weapons permits bribery scandal (Nov 2020)
https://fcced.com/apples-chief-indicted-santa-clara-bribe-scandal-23112347/
🏷 - Legal 

Apple defends security chief accused of bribery in Santa Clara weapons scandal (Nov 2020)
https://fcced.com/apple-defends-security-chief-accused-bribery-2611201746/
🏷 - Legal 

BBC: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned (July 2020)
bbc.com/news/business-53416206
🏷 - Taxes

Is BlackRock the New Vampire Squid? (June 2020)
https://newrepublic.com/article/158263/blackrock-climate-change-fossil-fuel-investments
🏷 - Legal - SEC 

Apple on the hook for another $503m in decade-long VirnetX patent rip-off legal marathon​ (Nov 2020)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/2019/4/23/18512942/apple-lawsuit-facial-recognition-nypd-1-billion-theft
​🏷 - Legal 

Apple Scores Legal Victory Against $14.9 Billion E.U. Tax Demand. The decision is a setback for European efforts to clamp down on what the authorities there believe is anticompetitive behavior. (July 2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/business/apple-eu-ireland-tax.html
🏷 - Legal 

Apple’s Commitment to Human Rights (Sept 2020)
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2020/09/04/apples-commitment-to-human-rights/
🏷 - Legal 

Guardian: We need a full investigation into Siri's secret surveillance campaign (Aug 2020)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/14/apple-siri-secret-surveillance-campaign-investigation
🏷 - Surveillance  

AppleInsider: Former Apple lawyer accused of insider trading says charges unconstitutional  (April 2020)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/04/28/former-apple-lawyer-accused-of-insider-trading-says-charges-unconstitutional
🏷 - Legal - SEC - Crimes

AppleInsider: Apple demands halt to publication of tell-all App Store book over confidentiality issues  (Feb 2020)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/19/apple-demands-pull-of-tell-all-app-store-book-over-confidentiality-issues
🏷 - Censorship - Legal 

Apple Wants to Stop Publication of 'App Store Confidential' Book Due to Inclusion of 'Business Secrets'  (Feb 2020)
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/02/19/app-store-book-apple-cease-and-desist/
🏷 - Censorship - Legal 

Washington Post: Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China: Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers  (Nov 2020)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Congress

Apple Announces ‘Human Rights Policy’ Following Criticism (Sept 2020)
https://www.voanews.com/economy-business/apple-announces-human-rights-policy-following-criticism
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Congress

Uyghurs for Sale (March 2020)
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale
🏷 - Legal - Human Rights - Labor  

9-to-5 Mac: Apple once again loses retail staff bag search case (Sept 2020)
https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/03/apple-store-bag-search-case/
🏷 - Legal - Labor 

The Information: Apple’s China Loopholes Are Starting to Close. The technology giant operates the App Store and many other services without government licenses and local partners in China. That has left it vulnerable to regulatory risk in China as Trump attacks TikTok and WeChat in the U.S. (Aug 2020)
www.theinformation.com/articles/apples-china-loopholes-are-starting-to-close
🏷 - Legal 

BBC: Apple and Nike urged to cut 'China Uighur ties' (July 2020)
www.bbc.com/news/business-53481253
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Human Rights 

Yahoo Finance: Apple Diversity Chief Departs Days After Company Committed $100M To Fighting Racial Inequality (June 2020)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-diversity-chief-departs-days-111948894.html
🏷 - Labor 

Bloomberg Law: Apple’s Top Lawyer Adams Earned Over $26 Million in 2020 (Jan 2021)
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/apples-top-lawyer-adams-earned-over-26-million-in-202
🏷 - Legal 

Apple fails to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion​ (Jan 2021)
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-fails-overturn-virnetx-patent-182408412.html
🏷 - Legal 
​
The Epic-Apple app case reveals monopoly power and the need for new regulatory oversight (June 2021)
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/06/02/the-epic-apple-app-case-reveals-monopoly-power-and-the-need-for-new-regulatory-oversight/
🏷 - Legal 

Lawmakers unveil major bipartisan antitrust reforms that could reshape Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google (June 2021)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/11/amazon-apple-facebook-and-google-targeted-in-bipartisan-antitrust-reform-bills.html
🏷 - Legal 

Apple Debuts New Compliance Website (Feb 2021)
https://www.radicalcompliance.com/2021/02/25/apple-debuts-new-compliance-website/
🏷 - Legal - SEC

Bloomberg: Apple Is the $2.3 Trillion Fortress That Tim Cook Built. Trade war? Pfft. Trump? Please. Antitrust? Zuck’s prob. (Ditto privacy.) Revenue? Endless. (Feb 2021)
www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-02-09/this-is-how-tim-cook-transformed-apple-aapl-after-steve-jobs
🏷 - Legal 

Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer will attend Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on April 21 (April 2021)
https://www.ithinkdiff.com/apple-attend-senate-summit/
🏷 - Legal - Congress

Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China (May 2021)
​🏷 - Surveillance - Censorship - Human Rights 

Seven Apple Suppliers Accused of Using Forced Labor From Xinjiang. An investigation found that Apple’s suppliers participated in labor programs suspected of being part of China's alleged genocide against Uyghurs. The newly uncovered evidence stands in contrast to Apple's statements that it hasn't found evidence of forced labor. (May 2021)
🏷 - Labor - Human Rights - Crimes - Legal 

Coalition for App Fairness: Apple is Using Subpoenas to Punish Opponents by Prying Into Confidential Communications (July 2021)
🏷 - Legal - Intimidation - Censorship  

The Verge: Apple Cares about Privacy, Unless You Work at Apple (Aug 2021)
🏷 - Labor - Intimidation - Censorship - Surveillance 

Calif. Court Rules in Favor of Former Apple Employee Who Claims She was Fired After Filing a Discrimination Lawsuit (Aug 2021) 
​🏷 - Labor - Discrimination  

Politico: How the Apple lobbying machine took on Georgia, and won: Poorly resourced state governments are no match for the lobbying firepower of Apple, the most valuable company in the world (Aug 2021)
🏷 - Legal - Congress

EFF: Speak Out Against Apple’s Mass Surveillance Plans (Aug 2021)
🏷 - Surveillance 

The Guardian: How Apple’s AirTag turns us into unwitting spies in a vast surveillance network (May 2021)
🏷 - Surveillance 

Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life (Aug 2021)
🏷 - Surveillance 

VICE: Apple’s Double Agent: He spent years inside the iPhone leaks and jailbreak community. He was also spying for Apple. (Aug 2021)
🏷 - Surveillance 

NBC News: Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance: Workers at one of the world’s largest call center companies said additional monitoring would violate the privacy of their families in their homes. (Aug 2021)
🏷 - Surveillance 

APPLE’S FORTRESS OF SECRECY IS CRUMBLING FROM THE INSIDE​  (Sept 2021)
​🏷 - Labor - Intimidation - Censorship 

Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong at Apple, according to leaked memo​ (Sept 2021)
​🏷 - Labor - Intimidation - Censorship 

HOW SLACK CHANGED APPLE’S EMPLOYEE CULTURE, WITH ZOË SCHIFFER​  (Sept 2021)
🏷 - Labor - Censorship  

WSJ: Silicon Valley Giants Built an Open Culture. Now Workers Are Holding Them to It.​ (Oct 2021)
🏷 - Legal - Labor - Discrimination 

Courthouse News: Apple is Rotten (March 2022)
🏷 - Legal