{"id":357676,"date":"2021-10-25T17:51:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-employees-flag-ethical-concerns-rip-zuckerberg\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T17:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:51:16","slug":"facebook-employees-flag-ethical-concerns-rip-zuckerberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-employees-flag-ethical-concerns-rip-zuckerberg\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook employees flag ethical concerns, rip Zuckerberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> employees flag ethical concerns, rip Zuckerberg<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Facebook employees say Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s obsession with growth has overridden ethical concerns and allowed hate speech and incitements to violence to spread unchecked, internal messages leaked to media outlets show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory will not judge us kindly,\u201d one staffer reportedly wrote on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, which were organized partially through Facebook. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been fueling this fire for a long time and we shouldn\u2019t be surprised it\u2019s now out of control,\u201d wrote another Facebook staffer, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/10\/facebook-papers-democracy-election-zuckerberg\/620478\/\">according to the Atlantic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook employees who had spent months raising concerns about the social media company\u2019s engagement-obsessed algorithms pushing users toward extreme and conspiratorial content felt betrayed by a lack of action from the company, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In August 2020, one employee working on Facebook\u2019s \u201cintegrity\u201d team griped that any proposed design changes that would reduce users\u2019 exposure to extreme content like the QAnon conspiracy theory had been consistently sidelined in favor of increasing user engagement.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The employee accused the company of only being \u201cwilling to act only after things had spiraled into a dire state,\u201d according to the Atlantic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook employees\" class=\"wp-image-19912593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Facebook employees have accused the company\u2019s leadership of putting growth over safety, leaked messages show.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, during the time that we hesitated, I\u2019ve seen folks from my hometown go further and further down the rabbithole of QAnon and Covid anti-mask\/anti-vax conspiracy on FB,\u201d the employee added. \u201cIt has been painful to observe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other Facebook employees, meanwhile, accused Mark Zuckerberg of personally intervening to protect political figures who violated the company\u2019s content moderation rules, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/67ad6eda-eb1c-4c97-bb3e-464c65bd63e7\">according to the Financial Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In one such case in 2019, Facebook moderators took down a video that falsely said that abortions are \u201cnever medically necessary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook headquarters\" class=\"wp-image-19912623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>One Facebook employee accused the company of only being \u201cwilling to act only after things had spiraled into a dire state,\u201d according to the Atlantic.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Republican politicians including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz complained about the move, Mark Zuckerberg was personally involved with Facebook\u2019s decision to put the video back up, according to the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many Facebook employees also reportedly believe the company unfairly makes exemptions to its false <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> policy when dealing with certain publishers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moves to remove \u201crepeat offenders\u201d from Facebook after being \u201cinfluenced by input from Public Policy,\u201d an employee said in a December 2020 memo reported by the Financial Times, in reference Facebook\u2019s powerful Washington, D.C.-based arm led by former Bush Administration staffer Joel Kaplan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook headquarters\" class=\"wp-image-19912673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Facebook employees reportedly believe the company unfairly makes exemptions to its false news policy when dealing with certain publishers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In particular, Facebook gives special treatment to conservative publishers including Breitbart, Diamond and Silk, Charlie Kirk and PragerU, the employee said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook did not immediately reply to requests for comment on the Atlantic and Financial Times reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Company spokesperson Joe Osborne told the Financial Times: \u201cAt the heart of these stories is a premise which is false. Yes, we\u2019re a business and we make profit, but the idea that we do so at the expense of people\u2019s safety or wellbeing misunderstands where our own commercial interests lie. The truth is we\u2019ve invested $13bn and have over 40,000 people to do one job: keep people safe on Facebook.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook office\" class=\"wp-image-19912720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cHistory will not judge us kindly,\u201d one Facebook staffer reportedly wrote. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monday\u2019s articles, which come on the same day Facebook is set to report third quarter earnings, are part of a larger <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of news stories based on documents leaked under embargo by whistleblower Frances Haugen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other documents leaked by Haugen reportedly show that Facebook has allegedly misled investors and masked slowing growth among critical demographics like young users in the US, as well as failed to crack down on human trafficking on the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook shares were trading up 0.4 percent at $325.75 on Monday morning \u2014 but have tanked more than 15 percent since the beginning of September as Haugen has shared internal company documents with reporters and called on lawmakers to regulate the tech giant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Frances Haugen\" class=\"wp-image-19912708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/facebook-employees-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Monday\u2019s articles are part of a larger series of articles based on documents leaked under embargo by whistleblower Frances Haugen.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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