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posted by chromas on Thursday November 15 2018, @03:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-not-my-fault dept.

Facebook Executives Ignored Warnings, Deflected Blame as Scandals Mounted, Report Says :

From Russian election meddling to a massive data privacy scandal, Facebook has faced a seemingly endless list of troubles. Now, a new report suggests the social network's leadership may be among its biggest challenges.

Over the past three years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg ignored warnings, deflected blame and were distracted by other projects as the social network lurched from crisis to crisis, according to a more than 5,000-word report by The New York Times. The paper, which interviewed more than 50 people for the story, painted an unflattering portrait of two executives' handling of the series of scandals, some of which eventually promoted [Ed: prompted?] Congress to ask both of them to testify.

The piece focused on Facebook's handling of fake news posted by Russian trolls ahead of the 2016 presidential, the impact of which Zuckerberg initially dismissed as "crazy," and the company's efforts to deflect blame after data of 87 million users was harvested by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The story also touched on in-fighting at the highest of levels of the company.

"Bent on growth, the pair ignored warning signs and then sought to conceal them from public view," The Times wrote. "At critical moments over the last three years, they were distracted by personal projects, and passed off security and policy decisions to subordinates, according to current and former executives."

Facebook told the paper it was committed to addressing the challenges.

Honesty: The absence of the intent to deceive.


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday November 16 2018, @05:26AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 16 2018, @05:26AM (#762548) Journal
    Why exactly are you linking to a gamer discussion forum instead of original sources? There are several problems with that approach such as having to hunt for the alleged claims you make (and frankly, I don't see support for your claims in those links). And I note that the claims for Soros supporting such things seems to be based on dribble like

    I'll shoot my load early. The George Soros network linked up with Muslim Advocates in January 2008 to form the "National Security and Human Rights" project. Part of the project was legal work to oppose illegal actions, such as torture, undertaken in the war on terror. By 2010 it had evolved into a project to suppress the American public will to continue fighting the war, or as they put it in bureaucratese:

    The Campaign will seek to dismantle the flawed “war on terror” paradigm and …. replace the politics of fear and anger with a national resilience that recognizes adherence to core democratic and open society values

    Why is opposing the crazy bullshit of the "War on Terror" supposed to be sinister? Can't you see the problem? It's all fun and games until you are designated the terrorists. You're citing someone who is willing protecting a weapon of that conspiracy.