backlash
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The Xbox division, like many other video games companies, has also announced several waves of layoffs, cancelled several major projects and closed popular studios, prompting backlash from fans.
From BBC
The company added explicit bans on surveillance to its deal earlier this week following backlash from employees.
Following backlash, OpenAI changed its agreement to explicitly state that domestic surveillance isn’t allowed.
After backlash against the potential for OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon to allow for mass surveillance, the company changed its agreement to explicitly state that domestic surveillance isn’t allowed.
Those countries want to see change in Iran, but they worry about the backlash, said Jon Alterman, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
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