A Chinese Tech Worker at Zhihu Fired Allegedly via a Resignation Risk Prediction Algorithm
Description
The firing of an employee at Zhihu, a large Q&A platform in China, was allegedly caused by the use of a behavioral perception algorithm which claimed to predict a worker’s resignation risk using their online footprints, such as browsing history and internal communication.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- zhihu
Alleged Developers
- sangfor-technologies
Harmed Parties
- zhihu-employees
- chinese-tech-workers
Classification
Risk Domain
Privacy & SecurityRisk Subdomain
2.1. Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information
MIT Risk Profile
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Source Reports(4 total)
"Monitoring the tendency of employees to switch jobs" caused controversy, Sangfor urgently removed the product from the shelves, and the lawyer said that the employee was not informed of the suspected violation of the law
Zhihu said that it has never installed a perception system to monitor employee behavior! Sangfor related cases are no longer visible