- The past year has seen one tech controversy after another.
- From WeWork's failed IPO to Jeff Bezos' divorce and his explosive blog post accusing the National Enquirer of blackmail, no month has been tame.
- Below, we've highlighted the biggest scandals of 2019.
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The past year has had its fair share of scandal.
From Jeff Bezos' divorce and subsequent feud with the National Enquirer to the WeWork IPO disaster, the tech world has experienced mishaps and controversies of all kinds.
Like years past, the amount of control users have over their own data and the amount of care tech giants take to protect our privacy came into question. Companies like Facebook's WhatsApp, Capital One, and Ring all experienced major privacy breaches that allowed hackers to steal passwords and even broadcast into the bedrooms of children.
Scandals from 2018 continued to haunt the tech world as well. What started as one-off revelations about executive misbehavior at Google has since been revealed to be a systemic issue with the company's culture, leading to employee walkouts and lawsuits claiming illegal retaliation.
And even the products we use every day weren't safe from scandal: the Apple Card may have a sexism problem, Nest products have secret microphones, and AirPower disappeared altogether.
What follows are the biggest scandals in the tech industry over the course of the last year - grab some popcorn.