Trains in multiple locations instructed to reduce speeds to as low as 10 km/hour due to poor infrastructure for as long distances as 27 km, causing major passenjer delays. Alleged announced standard train speed is 120 km/hour.
Incident Tag: Consumer Deception
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content
Lotte Rubæk, a leading psychologist advising Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm quits her role, accusing the tech giant of failure to remove images of self-harm from its platforms, following outcry that the company is using harmful content to keep vulnerable young people hooked to their screens, also“triggering” vulnerable young women and girls to further harm themselves and contributing to rising suicide figures.
Whistleblower urges Boeing to ground all 787 Dreamliners after safety warning
Whistleblower has urged Boeing to ground every 787 Dreamliner jet worldwide after warning they are at risk of premature failure, alleging that the manufacturing giant took shortcuts to reduce production bottlenecks while making it. He also raised issues about the production of the 777, another wide-body jet.
BNP Paribas to settle with customers over risky Swiss franc mortgages; BNP Paribas settles Swiss franc mortgage dispute
BNP Paribas has struck a deal with customers after a court found it guilty of misleading practices over Swiss-franc denominated mortgages which offered amid the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
TVs: the next testing scandal? | The Secret Costs of Manufacturers Exploiting Loopholes in the Government’s TV Energy Test: $1.2 Billion for Consumers & Millions of Tons of Pollution
Companies accused of misrepresenting energy efficiency of large-screen sets. TV’s performed far better during short government tests than they did the rest of the time. Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) and America’s Department of Energy (DoE) have conducted efficiency tests of their own that have turned up big inconsistencies.
Electronics Standards Are In Need of Repair | Big Tech Has Destroyed America’s Sustainable Electronics Standards
Report accuses electronics companies for: holding a large voting bloc on most U.S. green standards groups; consistently opposing repair and reuse designs for their products; instead approve criteria they can easily achieve and earn green certificates.
Once Again, We Question the Reliability of Apple’s Social Responsibility Report
Apple accused of publishing false data concerning labor conditions on it’s supplier factories.
GoodElectronics, makeITfair, IMF declare FLA investigation at Apple supplier Foxconn to be a PR stunt
Major labor rights NGOs release open statement accusing a Fair Labor Association audit of Foxconn plants, which concluded that Foxconn factories were ‘better than the norm,’ of major flaws in their system, calling the audits a ‘PR stunt.’
HP and Apple’s toxic laptops exposed (HP)
Laboratory tests reveal high levels of toxic chemical decaBDE in HP laptops, despite HP claims of having removed decaBDE from its products years ago.
Preliminary inquiry opened on a complaint lodged against Samsung France
Investigation opened, accusing Samsung France of advertising misleading commercial practices by promoting a code of conduct for the treatment of Samsung workers that it does not necessarily enforce.