Sources: some employees feel Facebook is being used as a scapegoat for 2016 election outcome using flawed hindsight about factors mostly beyond FB's control
They are victims. Now, no one else can make it better—like SPAM, malware, viruses. http://www.buzzfeed.com/... via @cwarzel http://twitter.com/... Kim-Mai Cutler / @kimmaicutler : Facebook is a junk information company. Like how McDonald's makes more $ by serving heart disease-inducing junk food http://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/A0G6lBgRj8 Boz / @boztank : While we may not agree with the scale of the coverage, we do consider it our responsibility to do all we can to prevent interference on FB Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : Precedent of RUS interference deeply worrisome but larger FB issue is role in spreading misinfo/fueling polarization https://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/O8ULeLOm8H Boz / @boztank : All of this will make it harder for the bad guys but still protect free speech. We will never be perfect, but we will also never give up. Fabio Chiusi / @fabiochiusi : It's simple: there's a legitimate concern over propaganda on FB; and lots of propaganda over propaganda on FB https://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/VROL4DnHOO @axios : Facebook employees don't feel the company deserves the intense scrutiny in connection to the Russia probe. https://www.axios.com/... Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel : The biggest issue (raised only to me by fmr employees) is whether Facebook can ever see itself like its users see it https://www.buzzfeed.com/... Boz / @boztank : We're investing in new technology, hiring thousands, increasing transparency, and we will keep getting better. Cat Hofacker / @cathofacker : “Many employees feel like they're part of an unjust narrative that's spiraled out of control.” https://www.buzzfeed.com/... Michael B Kelley / @michaelbkelley : Related wrt FB: “'We show people what they want to see and we do that based on what they tell us they want to see.'” https://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/HVHo94THVN Katherine Miller / @katherinemiller : “I worry that two or three years from now we're all going to deeply regret we asked for this” https://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/egAM7yEkY8 Sarah Mimms / @sarahmmimms : “There was this general sense of ‘Yeah, this is pretty crazy, but what do you want us to do about it?’” https://www.buzzfeed.com/... via @cwarzel Marco Suarez / @marcosuarez : https://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/AhmMJjczhe See also Mediagazer