Sally Kohn says she thinks the firing of John Dempsey was a mistake. The company should have given him more time off, and not fired him for being offensive to people who were disenfranchised by his career. She also believes that if you are going to be a civic-minded corporation it must go through your employees as well. Skelton: I don't think they showed a lot of ampithy in this story.
Netflix plays a Squid Game in real life, but the Fed may have already launched its own. The January 6 Committee gives tech a break, Microsoft reaches a deal with a union, and Elon Musk meets with Twitter staffers to sing WeChat's praises. Also, Senator Michael Bennet drops in to discuss his plan for regulating Big Tech.
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