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Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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Exactly what legal proceedings though? That's the point.

Congressional Subpoenas are at same level as Court Subpoena. So if Congress subpoenaed her documents, she could (willingly) turn them over and not be in breach of her NDA.

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Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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FWIW, she was fired in 2017 and only now is trying to become a "whistleblower." If the conduct needed whistle-blowing, surely it would have been more timely to come out almost a decade ago.

Given how forcefully Meta has cracked down on this, this doesn’t feel like that big of a gotcha. Hell, she’s not even allowed to speak about it outside of congressional hearings because of Zuck’s lawyers. If not for her book, we wouldn’t be talking about this at all.

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I despise Facebook for many reasons, privacy being a major factor. On the other hand, both Trump and Musk own competing social media companies, and the CEOs of other social media companies have attempted to curry their favor. So, there is a potential for conflict of interest here, which could lead to a misproportion of due process. Or, regardless of truthfulness, some form of leverage. Or the trial is just for show. Maybe the accusations are true, but there's a reason this person is coming forward now.

Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude the US is insanely corrupt, it's just that a lot of the corruption is called "lobbying" and "consulting." Sometimes also certain forms of "legal counsel." It's whitewashed and normalized.

I’ll admit to having engaged in some of those activities if pressed.

Seems like you just did, unprompted.

Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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Not really surprising. I'm sure all the major tech companies are engaged in this kind of deal making. The influence of China over Amazon is obvious and there has been cases of algorithmic tampering and account unlocking in their favor.

Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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> And she says she has the “documents” to back up her accusations. Then show those documents? It's hard to take these allegations seriously when the mysterious proof is only alluded to, not submitted as part of the testimony.

It is even harder to take the accusations seriously, given that she made factually provably wrong statements that contradict the reality (and the original article in the OP actually contrasted those very plainly and directly, gotta commend good journalism there). > Wynn-Willias told senators that Meta built a “physical pipeline connecting the United States and China” and executives “ignored warnings that this would p…

This is mentioned in her book. In the book she says Meta wanted to build the pipeline, despite the warnings. But yes, ultimately the construction fell through.

She is not claiming the pipeline exists today.

Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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FWIW, she was fired in 2017 and only now is trying to become a "whistleblower." If the conduct needed whistle-blowing, surely it would have been more timely to come out almost a decade ago.

She published a book with these FB "revelations" recently, like a month ago, so kind of PR tour.

Playing devil's advocate: If the allegations about Meta violating laws in the book are true, what would be an appropriate waiting period before the author testifies to the Senate, so that it doesn't appear to be a PR tour?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many “western” governments have formed genuine ideological movements. I understand this may be difficult, but what are you actually talking about?

And the US specifically was founded on the concepts of 'rights' and 'freedoms'

The special kind of freedom that is limited to one specific group of people. See recent events for reference.

Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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If you're a director of global public policy for seven years, who are you really whistleblowing, the company, or yourself?

I appreciate the information coming out, but in some of these situations I can't help but picture that "the worst person in the room" in regards to the offenses might also end up being the person that then becomes the most holier than thou when they get out of the company.

If you ever met someone who used to work in software ads and ask them about privacy you'll get what I mean.

Re: Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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I despise Facebook for many reasons, privacy being a major factor. On the other hand, both Trump and Musk own competing social media companies, and the CEOs of other social media companies have attempted to curry their favor. So, there is a potential for conflict of interest here, which could lead to a misproportion of due process. Or, regardless of truthfulness, some form of leverage. Or the trial is just for show.…

Won’t matter. A handful of judges will use big words, cite legalese, and it won’t matter.

Every time I think “but the law/constitution won’t allow…” there’s some end run.

The rule of law is only as good as thems that rule the law.

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