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SAN FRANCISCO I want to apologize, the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff. I recognize this moment is a deeply painful one internally and externally.
The apology came from Joel Kaplan, Facebooks vice president for global public policy. A day earlier, Mr. Kaplan had sat behind his friend, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trumps nominee for the Supreme Court, when the judge testified in Congress about allegations he had sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford in high school. Mr. Kaplans surprise appearance prompted anger and shock among many Facebook employees, some of whom said they took his action as a tacit show of support for Judge Kavanaugh as if it were an endorsement from Facebook itself.
The unrest quickly spilled over onto Facebooks internal message boards, where hundreds of workers have since posted about their concerns, according to current and former employees. To quell the hubbub, Facebooks chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, last Friday explained in a widely attended staff meeting that Mr. Kaplan was a close friend of Judge Kavanaughs and had broken no company rules, these people said.
Yet the disquiet within the company has not subsided. This week, Facebook employees kept flooding internal forums with comments about Mr. Kaplans appearance at the hearing. In a post on Wednesday, Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook executive, appeared to dismiss the concerns when he wrote to employees that it is your responsibility to choose a path, not that of the company you work for. Facebook plans to hold another staff meeting on Friday to contain the damage, said the current and former employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/technology/facebook-kavanaugh-nomination-kaplan.html
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)My red line was a few weeks ago when FB announced they want to know your bank balances and credit card balances and charges! How fricken invasive do they have to be?! Enough!!!!
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)Good for Facebook.
More specifically, good for its non-top-tier employees who found his appearance there objectionable and who spoke out.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)violetpastille
(1,483 posts)What does that even mean?
Unless it is Facebookspeak for "We do what we want. Fuck off."
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)It's pretty much what you assumed. He eventually apologized for sounding like he didn't give a crap about the employees' reactions.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)fakebook executive management guest appearances to show their RW support for Kavanaugh. Unsubscribe today!