Whether relocating teams to Texas would be anything more than symbolic is unclear. Common sense suggests that if someone in California displays any kind of political preference, moving them to Texas is unlikely to immediately reshape their views.
In the same town hall call, company leadership described the Texas transfer as an effort to address the perception problem with California. The argument frustrated employees, who believe Meta is harming its workforce in order to please Trump, three employees told WIRED. meta and trump remain in litigation in a federal court in Northern California over the temporary suspension of his account following the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump alleges that his constitutional right to speak has been violated. Zuckerberg recently met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida to mediate the lawsuit, according to wall street journal,
This week, meta Plans unveiled It will reduce its workforce by 5 percent from next month. The company said it plans to refill those positions throughout the year — a move that could allow it to hire more workers in Texas. Following Meta's decision last week to close its diversity, equity and inclusion program, there will be no targets for hiring historically underrepresented groups.
Changes made to hateful conduct rules last week allow users to post more pointed criticism, including on gender and ethnicity. During the Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg said users will now be able to advocate on issues such as whether they should serve in military combat roles. Some employees have warned that Meta is now supporting the spread of misogyny and bigotry on its services, according to two employees.
On a town hall call with employees, an executive defended the policy changes by saying they would open the door to many viewpoints, such as being able to call men lazy on Facebook without fear of being censored, according to one employee present. According.
On the enforcement side, Meta is shutting down Its current fact-checking programlimiting the use of automated filters to suppress allegedly objectionable posts, and promoting greater amounts of political content in newsfeeds.
On Tuesday, 12 civil rights advocacy groups say they have advised Meta over the years wrote to the company To express “serious concerns” over the revised policies. “These changes are devastating to free expression because they will lead to more attacks, harassment, and harm on members of protected groups, turning them away from Meta's services, undermining dialogue, stifling viewpoints, and stifling dissent and bar- Bar will silence censored voices,” it wrote. The group, which includes the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Human Rights Campaign, and the National Black Justice Collective.
At the Safety and Integrity Town Hall, management would not commit to continuing to publish statistics about the gender and racial composition of the company's workforce. “This is capitulation in the worst possible way,” says one.
Some managers individually have told their teams they plan to continue pushing for diverse hiring, according to the three employees.
Additional reporting by Steven Levy.