Community R discusses DataCamp's response to executive "inappropriate behavior"


A significant portion of the R community is concerned about the way DataCamp's online training company has handled a leader's "uninvited physical contact" with an employee, and calls are multiplying on social media to avoid the platform. RStudio removed the links to DataCamp from its website, asked DataCamp to stop using its employees' names and photos, and "suspended its discussions for an indefinite period" in order to renew a content license agreement. Some DataCamp instructors urge people not to take their courses. Organizers on Saturday said they would no longer allow DataCamp to sponsor their global R events. And the R-Ladies Global team posted "ideas on how to voice your disapproval of DataCamp's response." "To read this article in its entirety, please click here.