Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s quest to keep employees from talking to the media has current and former insiders likening his tactics to something out of an Orwellian police state.
A new report on Silicon Valley tech giants by the U.K. newspaper The Guardian features former Facebook loyalists who describe a working environment of perpetual “paranoia” due to a “horrifying” level of internal surveillance. The newspaper spoke to multiple sources on condition of anonymity about Facebook’s “rat-catching” team, which they claim exceeds reasonable means of preventing leaks.
Facebook can’t fall on its face fast enough for me, along with google/youtube and twitter. All these companies are too powerful and are abusing their status as gatekeepers for information.