Meta goes to war with leakers
During a Q&A with employees earlier this week, one of Metaas top executives gave an ominous warning.
After lamenting aa tremendous number of leaksa from inside the company, CTO Andrew Bosworth said that, while he didnat want to aruin the surprises,a the company was amaking progress on catching people.a
Since Mark Zuckerbergas comments at a recent all-hands meeting were published, Metaas leaders have tried to clamp down on an agitated and tense cohort of workers. The power struggle isnat over. Itas unclear how Meta is going to look on the other side.
aThere's a funny thing that's happening with these leaks,a Bosworth said during his Q&A earlier this week (a recording of which I obtained). aWhen things leak, I think a lot of times people think, aAh, okay, this is leaked, therefore it'll put pressure on us to change things.a The opposite is more likely.a
aThis is a company that, from Mark's inception, as far as I can tell, has always played the repeat game,a he said. aAnd if you create an environment where leaks cause people to make things change internally, then it creates more leaks. You create an incentive structure that's wronga I …