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A cryptocurrency exchange company known as Kraken is trying to harass and silence former employees. EFF is helping one fight back.

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EFF Fights to Protect Anonymity of Glassdoor Commenter

San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking a state court to protect the identity of an anonymous Glassdoor commenter who is being targeted by their former employer. EFF filed

Jesse Powell

@jespow

Feb 12, 2020

I love you guys but you're wrong on this one. Confidentiality agreements are not a first amendment issue. We're in a high risk industry and it's a condition of the job. The issue here is someone accepted a cash payment or job in exchange for silence, and they weren't silent.

John Roddy

@riScorpian

Feb 12, 2020

This is nonsensical. The agreement only restricted disparaging statements, which the lawsuit fails to identify. It's their burden to at least establish they have *something* before unmasking.

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Which agreement? Employment agreement comes with confidentiality and other stuff. Separation comes with disparagement and other stuff. We wouldn't have pressed the issue if someone hadn't breached an agreement.

1:11 AM · Feb 13, 2020Twitter Web App

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You tell me. The suit doesn't seem to get particularly specific, and the original review is already pretty vague. I don't see how it can violate any kind of sensible agreement. Is there a missing filing or something that fills in the gap?