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Some Facebook Employees Are Quitting or Asking To Switch Departments Over Ethical Concerns (businessinsider.com)

Some dissatisfied Facebook engineers are reportedly attempting to switch divisions to work on Instagram or WhatsApp, rather than continue work on the platform responsible for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to a recent report from the New York Times. An anonymous reader writes: Many believe Facebook should have done more to handle the data responsibly, and the events that followed increased scrutiny against Facebook, reportedly taking a toll on employees working on the platform. Since the news came out, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg have spoken to the media on a few occasions, but it was days before the company commented on the scandal, which it now estimates around 87 million total users affected. Then, a leaked memo from Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth written in 2016 revealed a "growth at all costs" mentality that put Facebook in a position to be held responsible for the situation it's found itself in. As it became evident that Facebook's core product might be to blame, engineers working on it reportedly found it increasingly difficult to stand by what it built.

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  1. Re:Is it really ethical or CYA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's nothing the HornyWuss won't exonerate Trump from and blame on SJW's, is there? If he manages to get Russia off the hook for collusion he gets extra Rubles, yes?

    Lock him up between Trump Jr. and Zuckerberg.

  2. Re:Is it really ethical or CYA by bobbied · · Score: 1, Troll

    They still don't get it, they think: It's not that what they were doing was bad, it's that the evil 'Drumpf' people came in and 'used them' and their data for bad things.

    Obama's campaign did this, with FB's blessing in 2012. https://www.nationalreview.com...

    Who of these cared then? (Can we say nobody?)

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    "File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
  3. Re:Is it really ethical or CYA by farble1670 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Failed to denounce Nazis? Are you insane?

    Not insane, just not in a coma like you must have been.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us...