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Facebooks PR seems all over the place. It seems to go like this: 1) Blame users/say it wasn't as bad/not a breach 2) Controversy gets worse 3) Apologise, say we got it wrong, working on it I think this is especially dumb as FB took out a personally-signed-by-Zuckerberg letter in 6 UK sunday papers last weekend. It looks very fake.
Were they identically worded?
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Yes is this a new thing? I don't remember in the past the committees being so publicly snide and unpleasant like they seem to be now. Maybe it wasn't televised so prominently before? And the most strange part is how they now have celebrity appearances as well - comedians and actors?
They always let loose a little - you can go back and look at old transcripts and see much the same thing. There's a certain element of it becoming slightly worse due to being televised. In an era where there is a huge gap between government rhetoric and practice, it can be a useful way to signal ones 'principles' even as one files obediently through the government lobby when it comes to voting on actual legislation.
This is a major PR blunder. It's hard to imagine such attitude will make the parliament more lenient. Facebook just played a vital role in the manipulation of British democracy in one of the most important decisions in a century. But the CEO responsible couldn't care to fly over and explain himself. If what Facebook wanted was to be forgiven (or at least forgotten), and to secure more accommodating regulation, they just made that a lot harder for themselves.
Facebooks PR seems all over the place. It seems to go like this: 1) Blame users/say it wasn't as bad/not a breach 2) Controversy gets worse 3) Apologise, say we got it wrong, working on it I think this is especially dumb as FB took out a personally-signed-by-Zuckerberg letter in 6 UK sunday papers last weekend. It looks very fake.
> FB took out a personally-signed-by-Zuckerberg letter in 6 UK sunday papers last weekend Were they identically worded?
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Arrogant little boy king. This is a major PR blunder. It's hard to imagine such attitude will make the parliament more lenient. Facebook just played a vital role in the manipulation of British democracy in one of the most important decisions in a century. But the CEO responsible couldn't care to fly over and explain himself. If what Facebook wanted was to be forgiven (or at least forgotten), and to secure more accomm…
It feels like Zuck is in panic and listening too much to his PR advisors who are likely telling him to stay out of the public until the storm settles. Not a smart move on this particular case
To be fair being called in front of MP's is like a ritualised grilling, nothing ever comes out of it other than total humiliation for the victim.
