Rebels within: the Facebook staff openly challenging Zuckerberg
by Emma Graham-Harrison from Technology | The Guardian on (#58SNB)
A developer's powerful resignation letter is the latest condemnation of the social network's attitude to hate speech
At the beginning of last month, a Facebook software engineer, Ashok Chandwaney, resigned and published a blistering public letter, excoriating the company for its failure to tackle hate.
Facebook is choosing to be on the wrong side of history," warned Chandwaney in the letter, which was posted on the company's internal message board. I can no longer stomach contributing to an organisation that is profiting off hate in the US and globally."
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