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Swordsmyth
08-28-2018, 10:08 PM
More than 100 politically conservative Facebook (https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/fb-stock?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral) employees have formed a new internal group to complain that the famously liberal company is "intolerant" of opposing political thought, according to a report from The New York Times on Tuesday (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html).The new group, "FB'ers for Political Diversity," was reportedly created in the last week, and came after senior Facebook engineer Brian Amerige wrote in an internal post viewable only by company employees that "we are a political monoculture that's intolerant of different views ... we claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack — often in mobs — anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology."
Amerige and Facebook did not immediately respond to Business Insider's requests for comment.

More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/conservative-facebook-employees-organizing-attack-004428106.html

Swordsmyth
08-29-2018, 05:12 PM
According to a memo posted on Facebook's internal message board titled "We Have a Problem With Political Diversity", (https://int.********/data/documenthelper/201-facebook-political-diversity/a8dfe9ae492061f54455/optimized/full.pdf#page=1)and which was published by the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html), senior Facebook engineer Brian Amerige confirmed Trump's allegation writing that "we are a political monoculture that’s intolerant of different views" and shockingly admitted that "we claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack — often in mobs — anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology. We throw labels that end in *obe and *ist at each other, attacking each other’s character rather than their ideas."
The scathing indictment of Facebook's liberal "mono-culture" continues:

We do this so consistently that employees are afraid to say anything when they disagree with what’s around them politically.​ HR has told me that this is not a rare concern, and I’ve personally gotten over a hundred messages to that effect. Your colleagues are afraid because they know that they — not their ideas — will be attacked. They know that all the talk of “openness to different perspectives” does not apply to causes of “social justice,” immigration, “diversity”, and “equality.” On this issues, you can either keep quiet or sacrifice your reputation and career.
"These are not fears without cause" Amerige writes, and continues the stunning disclosure of the company's biased culture, "Because we tear down posters welcoming Trump supporters. We regularly propose removing Thiel from our board because he supported Trump. We’re quick to suggest firing people who turn out to be misunderstood, and even quicker to conclude our colleagues are bigots. We have made “All Lives Matter” a fireable offense. We put Palmer Luckey through a witch hunt because he paid for anti-Hillary ads. We write each other ad-hoc feedback in the PSC tool for having “offensive” ideas. We ask HR to investigate those who dare to criticize Islam’s human rights record for creating a “non inclusive environment.” And they called me a transphobe when I called out our corporate art for being politically radical.
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More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-29/facebook-engineers-stunning-admission-we-tear-down-posters-welcoming-trump

nobody's_hero
08-29-2018, 05:14 PM
I wish them luck.

Cleaner44
08-29-2018, 06:06 PM
I really hope that all of the non-liberal engineers from Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc all leave to work at some new tech based in Dallas or somewhere and finally offer the public some choice from the liberal monopoly based in NoCal.

Swordsmyth
10-11-2018, 01:40 AM
The Facebook engineer who sparked an internal firestorm at Facebook with his criticism of what he called a "political monoculture" that is "intolerant" of conservatism, is leaving the company.
In a recent internal memo to fellow employees obtained by Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-amerige-facebook-goodbye-memo-2018-10?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral), Brian Amerige, an engineering manager of product usability, wrote: "I care too deeply about our role in supporting free expression and intellectual diversity to even whole-heartedly attempt the product stuff anymore, and that's how I know it's time to go."


In an email, Facebook spokesperson Bertie Thomson confirmed Amerige's departure: "We wish Brian all the best."
Amerige wrote in his leaving memo that he is now starting a company with his friend "at the intersection of applied philosophy epistemology, specifically) and technology."

Amerige's last day is on Friday, he wrote in his message. "I've been thinking about this for almost a year, and though a certain leak delayed me a bit, I know it's time for me to move on," he wrote. "I'm not leaving because 'it's time for something new.'"


Amerige wrote: "I'm leaving because I'm burnt out on Facebook, our strategy, our culture, and our product.
"Strategically, we've taken a stance on how to balance offensive and hateful speech with free expression. We've accepted the inevitability of government regulation. And we've refused to defend ourselves in the press. Our policy strategy is pragmatism — not clear, implementable long-term principles — and our PR strategy is appeasement — not morally earned pride and self-defense."
He added: "While I remain as in love as ever with our mission and my colleague's nearly-always good intentions, I disagree too strongly with where we're heading on these issues to watch what happens next. These issues hang over my head each morning, and I don't want to spend all of my time fighting about them."
While the memo criticises Facebook's "culture" and leadership, it also discusses less politicised issues Facebook is facing, from the decline in sharing in Facebook's main app to team structure.
"My departure isn't because I think these issues are intractable. These problems can be solved — just not by me, nor anymore, at least," Amerige wrote. "I care too deeply about our role in supporting free expression and intellectual diversity to even whole-heartedly attempt the product stuff anymore, and that's how I know it's time to go."
Read Brian Amerige's full leaving memo here » (https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-amerige-facebook-goodbye-memo-2018-10?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral)
More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-engineer-wrote-controversial-memo-010542766.html