Right on cue this has come to light......and the guy is still a high level exec at FB. He should have been fired and publicly shamed for this.
Social media platforms don't care.
Why? Simple.
People who use social media are not the CUSTOMER. So why would they care if a kid gets bullied to the point he or she commits suicide? FB has 2.2 billion ACTIVE users what's one of two kids here and there or a suicide bomber blowing up a marketplace?
You are the PRODUCT they sell. They are free to gather all sorts of info about you without real consent and sell you to companies.
I have been saying for a few years now that these companies need to be watched very, very carefully and should be held accountable for the content on their platforms. I've no problem with them making a profit but it's just gone to far.
Now with the scandal at Cambridge Analytica and the Russian troll farms being exposed it's being highlighted to the world how dangerous this type of unchecked big brotherish shit really is.
The level of greed they display makes NFL owners look charitable.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/30/technology/facebook-zuckerberg-ugly-memo/index.html
Mark Zuckerberg has disavowed an internal memo written by a top Facebook executive in 2016 that argued growth should be prioritized even if users were harmed.
The memo, written by
Facebook executive Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, argued that the social network should focus on its core mission of connecting people even if that work had negative consequences.
"Maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies. Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools. And still we connect people." Bosworth wrote in the memo, which was published Thursday by BuzzFeed News.
Zuckerberg said in a statement to CNN on Friday that "Boz is a talented leader who says many provocative things." But the chief executive said he disagreed with the memo's message.
"This was one that most people at Facebook including myself disagreed with strongly. We've never believed the ends justify the means. We recognize that connecting people isn't enough by itself," Zuckerberg said.
Facebook (
FB) has been under intense pressure after admitting that a company linked to President Donald Trump's campaign had accessed and improperly stored a huge trove of its user data.
The company is now facing tough questions about user privacy, and the role it plays in communities around the globe.
Zuckerberg said in his statement on Friday that the company is now putting less emphasis on growth, and focusing instead on bringing people "closer together."
"We changed our whole mission and company focus to reflect this last year," he said.
Bosworth acknowledged in a post on Twitter that he had authored the memo, which was titled "The Ugly." He claimed, however, that he "didn't even agree with it when I wrote it."
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https://twitter.com/boztank/status/979478961582325760
My statement on the recent Buzzfeed story containing a post I wrote in 2016
6:02 PM - Mar 29, 2018
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"The purpose of this post, like many others I have written internally, was to bring to the surface issues I felt deserved more discussion with the broader company," he wrote. "Having a debate around hard topics like these is a critical part of our process."