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Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by KennyBlanken »

mdoms wrote: post #14
smm11 wrote: post #3

Nice screening process for the company that knows everything about you.

I keep seeing this criticism and I don't get it. Presumably no one knew about his proclivities - not his parents, not his best friend, not his wife (if he had one), no one. It's obviously a very secretive part of his life and it's unreasonable to expect an employer to somehow know this about him. Meta employes 60,000 people according to a quick google search. I promise you there are plenty of Meta employees who have…

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Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by mdoms »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #17
mdoms wrote: post #11

I have seen the video (or parts of it) and it's hard to imagine how he could not be considered guilty. On the other hand, determining the innocence or guilt of a person based on videos from vigilante groups who have a huge incentive to produce dramatic videos makes me incredibly, incredibly uncomfortable.

Wanna link to the juicy parts? Embrace the drama. EDIT: 40m32s is so damning. https://youtu.be/XDbMDy2e44w#t=40m32s I’m amazed how stupid he is for not shutting up and walking out the door.

Highlights are here

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1494455923049390080

Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by KennyBlanken »

denlekke wrote: post #5

anyone have more info on the group that makes these videos ? seems like they make decoy accounts and pretend to be underage targets but would like to learn more about their process: are they legit or would it be equivalent to police entrapment ?

Fun fact: 99% of the people who think something is entrapment have no idea what "entrapment" means.

If the cops leave a car running with the keys in it, and you steal it, that's not entrapment.

If someone says in a forum "hey I'm 13 and I like dinosaurs" and you start messaging them about touching peepees and such: not entrapment.

The cases involving entrapment and terrorism charges, for example, have been largely bullshit. They'll find someone not-all-there mentally, source a "weapon" for them, groom and coach them, egg them on, hand them plans, etc....that's entrapment.

Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by pc86 »

commandlinefan wrote: post #20
version_five wrote: post #7

The article tries to make the story all about Facebook, when it basically just boils down to the fact that a (alleged, there is still due process required) pervert worked there. They didn't know about him, they weren't harboring him or anything, it's just a low level employee doing something inappropriate.

> doing something inappropriate Accused of something inappropriate, but summarily fired anyway.

Well if we're being pedantic, he also admitted to that inappropriate (and illegal) act, which happens to be involving a child.

Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by z3c0 »

KennyBlanken wrote: post #21
mdoms wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I keep seeing this criticism and I don't get it. Presumably no one knew about his proclivities - not his parents, not his best friend, not his wife (if he had one), no one. It's obviously a very secretive part of his life and it's unreasonable to expect an employer to somehow know this about him. Meta employes 60,000 people according to a quick google search. I promise you there are plenty of Meta employees who have…

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I think you knew what they meant. Changing the wording doesn't change their point, so you're nitpicking semantics.

Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by 8note »

itake wrote: post #16
spywaregorilla wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The head of global community development is a low level employee?

I glanced through a cache of his twitter account. I would expect important industry leaders with twitter accounts would have larger following. I don't think this was a high level roll like the article described.

I'm not clear that somebody's ability to make funny tweets has a relation to their importance to a company or industry

Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by [deleted] »

KennyBlanken wrote: post #21
mdoms wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I keep seeing this criticism and I don't get it. Presumably no one knew about his proclivities - not his parents, not his best friend, not his wife (if he had one), no one. It's obviously a very secretive part of his life and it's unreasonable to expect an employer to somehow know this about him. Meta employes 60,000 people according to a quick google search. I promise you there are plenty of Meta employees who have…

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Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

spywaregorilla wrote: post #8
version_five wrote: post #7

The article tries to make the story all about Facebook, when it basically just boils down to the fact that a (alleged, there is still due process required) pervert worked there. They didn't know about him, they weren't harboring him or anything, it's just a low level employee doing something inappropriate.

The head of global community development is a low level employee?

Probably, in much the same way as a vice president is a low level employee at Goldman Sachs. "Global community development" sounds to me like a team that was named to sound impressive, not a team that actually determines Facebook's global priorities.

Re: Meta axes head of global community development embroiled in underage sex sting

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

mdoms wrote: post #14
smm11 wrote: post #3

Nice screening process for the company that knows everything about you.

I keep seeing this criticism and I don't get it. Presumably no one knew about his proclivities - not his parents, not his best friend, not his wife (if he had one), no one. It's obviously a very secretive part of his life and it's unreasonable to expect an employer to somehow know this about him. Meta employes 60,000 people according to a quick google search. I promise you there are plenty of Meta employees who have…

There aren't 60,000 employees who are the Head of Global Community Development. I'm not sure how far up the org chart that position is but I'm betting it's up in the top 1% of the company. It's not like this is the janitor or the person stocking the supply closet.
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