>"According to the newspaper, Zhang was fired for “spending too much time focused on uprooting civic fake engagement and not enough time on the priorities outlined by management.”"[...]
>"Facebook’s products enabled corrupt governments to create fake followers and fake “likes,” which then triggered Facebook’s algorithms to boost their propaganda and legitimacy. According to the Guardian, when Zhang alerted >higher-ups about how this was being used by the government of Honduras, an executive told her, “I don’t think Honduras is big on people’s minds here.”
Just ponder that attitude for a second and ask yourself if it can truly be said that Facebook is still in any way shape or form aligned with human flourishing.
And more importantly small countries should take note. Their communication infrastructure is controlled by people who treat them like pocket change.