Liz Fong-Jones, a systems-reliability engineer at Google, announced in early January that she was leaving the company after 11 years, citing concerns with leadership on the ethics of certain products, as well as the company’s working conditions. Several of her co-workers celebrated her departure on Blind, the anonymous discussion app, posting transphobic and racist comments aimed at her identity. Company boards on Blind usually aren’t sanctioned by the companies themselves. (Gizmodo)

Talking point: Launched in South Korea in 2014, Blind is favoured among tech employees for anonymous workplace discussions. And, though it was—and still is—used to help workers discuss issues like sexual harassment and toxic work culture, the anonymous functionality has bred its own toxicity. Google employees have used the app to complain about the company’s “SJW [social justice warrior] propaganda” and defend sexual misconduct after a New York Times report about Andy Rubin, co-creator of Android. Fong-Jones called it “the modern-day equivalent to graffiti of nooses in the locker rooms.” Google did not respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment on the story.