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Fifty Women Say Salesforce Helped Sex Traffickers Exploit Them

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Re: Fifty Women Say Salesforce Helped Sex Traffickers Exploit Them

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Seems like this would all boil down to knowledge and intent. I have no love for salesforce but it seems like a big of a stretch to go after a tools manufacturer.

There's a term for this kind of thing: deep pocket.

The folks actually responsible for the wrongs these people have suffered are likely imprisoned and are relatively poor compared to Salesforce.

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Seems like this would all boil down to knowledge and intent. I have no love for salesforce but it seems like a big of a stretch to go after a tools manufacturer.

As a tools provider, sure, it makes no sense. But aren't they also a big services company as well, like Oracle? Will there be some record of an engagement on how to manage these particular pages?

And it would also be nice of "journalists" would differentiate between prostitution and sex trafficking. The cops, of course, are using the most inflammatory term possible to justify their actions.

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I wonder whom did Salesforce annoy enough to warrant a media smear campaign against them.

Benioff seems like a tool. He puts his name on children’s hospitals...it is possible to donate without people knowing, Keanu does it all the time. If you don’t hate Salesforce, you haven’t been paying attention. I’ve wanted forever to rid our company of anything to do with Salesforce, but I work with some people that can’t handle change.

This law suit seems like a money grab. Go after the deepest pockets, but I personally won’t shed any tears over it.

Re: Fifty Women Say Salesforce Helped Sex Traffickers Exploit Them

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I think the lesson here, is that by putting themselves out there as a beacon of equality and women's rights, Benioff has also made them a target for this type of attack. In other words, no good deed goes unpunished. I'm sure there were plenty of other vendors supporting Backpage.

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post #3

I wonder whom did Salesforce annoy enough to warrant a media smear campaign against them.

Benioff seems like a tool. He puts his name on children’s hospitals...it is possible to donate without people knowing, Keanu does it all the time. If you don’t hate Salesforce, you haven’t been paying attention. I’ve wanted forever to rid our company of anything to do with Salesforce, but I work with some people that can’t handle change. This law suit seems like a money grab. Go after the deepest pockets, but I perso…

You are complaining about someone donating to a children's hospital and being credited for it?
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