> Facebook’s chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, will leave the company after internal disagreements over how the social network should deal with its role in spreading disinformation, according to current and former employees briefed on the matter.
This opening sentence is frightening, I would rather have learned that FB executive disagree about how to deal with FB "role in NOT spreading disinformation"
You really the CEO and COO aren't capable of controlling employees despite the company growing to the size it is and having to deal with contentious issues in the past. That's a bit ridiculous.
The fact is that on an issue like this there is no way that the executive team didn't sign off it.
Between this story and the other one on the front page about the whistleblower who exposed the leak getting blacklisted, I think it's pretty clear that, of the two options
A) acknowledge the serious underlying problems and work hard to fix them
B) deny everything, retaliate against anyone who dares bring it up to create a chilling effect
Facebook is going all-in on option B.
(EDIT: And if you don't believe me, check out foeey's post about Facebook desperately trying to clear out CA's offices before the authorities can.)
This opening sentence is frightening, I would rather have learned that FB executive disagree about how to deal with FB "role in NOT spreading disinformation"