Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like “Unionize”
Found on The Intercept on Sunday, 14 June 2020
The presentation discussed the “benefits” of “content control.” And it offered one example of a topic employers might find it useful to blacklist: the word “unionize.”
The suggestion that Facebook is actively building tools designed to suppress labor organizing quickly caused a stir at the Menlo Park, California-based company. Facebook employees sparked a flurry of posts denouncing the feature, with several commenting in disbelief that the company would overtly pitch “unionize” as a topic to be blacklisted.
It's painful to watch how slow people start to realize how bad Facebook really is.