Facebook deletes internal employee criticism of new board member Dana White(404media.co)
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Facebook deletes internal employee criticism of new board member Dana White
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Just the sort of people suited to a board of directors....
> Just the sort of people suited to a board of directors....
Yes. Do you think the people in a "board of directors" are special ? Maybe more interested about their own wellbeing.
Yes. Do you think the people in a "board of directors" are special ? Maybe more interested about their own wellbeing.
I don't think the "type" of person is of any concern to Zuckerberg, he wants to look serious about fluffing Trump.
but does that mean that Facebook all along never cared about things like domestic violence, racial equality, and stuff?
"Facebook" is a corporate entity that does not have the ability to "care about" anything.
Employees, board members, shareholders, customers, suppliers and users have the ability to care about things and to influence the actions of the collective. Presumably most of those people care about the same things today they cared about yesterday.
But we're about to have a federal government which is openly corrupt, vindictive and indifferent to the law. People who find themselves as targets of the new regime face existential threats if they don't show fealty, deflect blame or find some other way to survive. Giving a million dollars to inauguration and putting one of the cronies on the 13-person board is probably a rational response to the threats.
Employees, board members, shareholders, customers, suppliers and users have the ability to care about things and to influence the actions of the collective. Presumably most of those people care about the same things today they cared about yesterday.
But we're about to have a federal government which is openly corrupt, vindictive and indifferent to the law. People who find themselves as targets of the new regime face existential threats if they don't show fealty, deflect blame or find some other way to survive. Giving a million dollars to inauguration and putting one of the cronies on the 13-person board is probably a rational response to the threats.
> "Facebook" is a corporate entity that does not have the ability to "care about" anything.
Why do we tolerate the existence of such entities?
Perhaps if they were no account fly by night little things, but as huge corporations dominating the economy....
They should not be tolerated, unless they change.
We can do better
Why do we tolerate the existence of such entities?
Perhaps if they were no account fly by night little things, but as huge corporations dominating the economy....
They should not be tolerated, unless they change.
We can do better
> But we're about to have a federal government which is openly corrupt, vindictive and indifferent to the law.
Just like any other federal government. Nothing to see here.
Just like any other federal government. Nothing to see here.
> but does that mean that Facebook all along never cared about things like domestic violence, racial equality, and stuff?
Why would they ? Those things do not bring new users (victims).
Why would they ? Those things do not bring new users (victims).
My takeaway the last 8 years (living in US) is that most people don't care about the things they claim to care about
In fact many don't even comprehend the things they claim and are just parroting words
...:(
In fact many don't even comprehend the things they claim and are just parroting words
...:(
Meta's internal CEE team also deleted a lot of internal employee criticism of Meta's censorship of Palestinian content and other anti-Palestinian policies. Well discussed in the 7amleh report (start on page 15 https://7amleh.org/storage/Advocacy%20Reports/Delete%20the%2...)
> Meta's internal CEE team also deleted a lot of internal employee criticism of Meta's censorship of Palestinian content and other anti-Palestinian policies.
And what do you expect from an US company ? To be against official US politics ?
And what do you expect from an US company ? To be against official US politics ?
Meta is making their own decisions, eg their "Zionism as proxy" policy, disabling the Columbia SJP account, or disabling reach for political speech. It should be straightforward for their employees to voice disagreement with this, and Meta has had a famously open attitude about this until just a few years ago.
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They couldn't just add a community note?
> During a 2022 New Year's Eve party at a nightclub in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, White and his wife Anne were filmed arguing and then getting into a physical altercation with each other. Anne slapped White and White responded by slapping her in return. They both apologized for their actions, and said they had consumed too much alcohol that night.