Thread by @bcrypt, my friend sophie got fired from her job at Facebook and turned [...]

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my friend sophie got fired from her job at Facebook and turned down a $64,000 severance package in order to leak this, so u better read it. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whitstleblower-memo

"I have blood on my hands": A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whitstleblower-memo

my biggest takeaway from this article is that FB could be doing a lot more to prevent politically-motivated bot activity, but they choose not to because they don't see any immediate revenue or PR benefit from doing so.

clarification: in order to leak this *internally* at Facebook

FYI Sophie did NOT leak this memo to Buzzfeed. she posted it internally at FB, and then @BuzzFeed published this article without her permission.

I'm disappointed in @BuzzFeed for not respecting their source's wishes on when and how to publish their information.

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