Whether moving the teams to Texas will be anything more than symbolic is unclear. Common sense suggests that if someone in California exhibits some sort of political preference, moving them to Texas is unlikely to immediately shape their views.
In the same town hall call, company leadership described the Texas relocation as an attempt to resolve a perception problem with California. That logic frustrated employees, who believe Meta is harming its employees to please Trump, three employees told Wired. Meta and Trump Live in the trial In a federal court in Northern California to temporarily suspend his account after the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump alleged that his constitutional right to free speech had been violated. Zuckerberg recently met with Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida to mediate the lawsuit. The Wall Street Journal.
This week, Meta Plans unveiled to cut 5 percent of its workforce starting in February. The company said it plans to backfill those positions throughout the year — a move that could lead to hiring more workers in Texas. Following META’s decision last week to discontinue its diversity, equity and inclusion program, there will be no targets for recruiting historically underrepresented groups.
Last week’s changes to hateful conduct rules allow users to post more criticism, including gender and ethnicity. During the Rogen podcast, Zuckerberg said users will now be able to advocate on issues such as whether they should serve in military combat roles. Some employees have warned that Meta is now supporting the spread of misogyny and bigotry on its services, according to two workers.
At a town hall call with employees, one executive defended the policy changes by saying they would open the door to more perspectives, such as men on Facebook without fear of being censored, according to one employee present. Being able to say lazy, according to an employee in attendance.
On the enforcement side, the meta is closing Its current fact-checking programLimiting the use of automated filters to suppress allegedly offensive posts, and encouraging a greater amount of political content in newsfeeds.
On Tuesday, 12 civil rights advocacy groups that say they have advised Meta over the years Wrote to the company to express “serious concern” with the revised policies. “These changes are devastating to free expression because they will subject members of protected groups to greater attacks, harassment, and harm, driving them away from Meta’s services, undermining dialogue, stifling viewpoints, and dissident and often censored content.” will silence the voices,” wrote. groups, including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Human Rights Campaign, and the National Black Justice Collective.
In the Safety and Integrity Town Hall, management will not commit to continuing to publish data on the gender and racial makeup of the Company’s workforce. “It’s surrender in the worst possible way,” says one.
Individually, some managers have told their teams that they plan to continue pushing for diverse hiring, according to three employees.
Additional reporting by Steven Levy.
