{"id":1558,"date":"2021-11-26T00:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/facebook-tells-employees-to-keep-communications-for-legal-reasons-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T00:27:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:27:37","slug":"facebook-tells-employees-to-keep-communications-for-legal-reasons-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/facebook-tells-employees-to-keep-communications-for-legal-reasons-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Tells Employees to Keep Communications for Legal Reasons &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Advertisement<br \/><span class=\"byline-prefix\">By <\/span><span class=\"css-1baulvz\" itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/ryan-mac\" class=\"css-mrorfa e1jsehar0\">Ryan Mac<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\" itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/mike-isaac\" class=\"css-mrorfa e1jsehar0\">Mike Isaac<\/a><\/span><br \/><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/28\/technology\/facebook-meta-name-change.html\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a> has told employees to \u201cpreserve internal documents and communications since 2016\u201d that pertain to its businesses because governments and legislative bodies have started inquiries into its operations, according to a company email sent on Tuesday night.<br \/>The move, known as a \u201clegal hold,\u201d follows intense media, legal and regulatory scrutiny over the social network\u2019s harms. Lawmakers and the public are up in arms after <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/03\/technology\/whistle-blower-facebook-frances-haugen.html\" title=\"\">Frances Haugen<\/a>, a former <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/28\/technology\/facebook-rebrand-meta.html\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a> employee turned whistle-blower, provided thousands of internal documents to lawmakers and the media showing how much the company knew about some of its ill effects, such as spreading misinformation and exacerbating body image issues in some teenagers.<br \/>Those files, <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/business\/facebook-papers-takeaways.html\" title=\"\">known as the Facebook Papers<\/a>, were initially published by <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-facebook-files-11631713039\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cAs you are probably aware, we\u2019re currently the focus of extensive media coverage based on a swath of internal documents,\u201d Facebook said in the email to employees, which was obtained by The New York Times. \u201cAs is often the case following this kind of reporting, a number of inquiries from governments and legislative bodies have been launched into the company\u2019s operations.\u201d<br \/>In the Facebook Papers, company researchers debated how to fix many of the issues that arose in some of its products over the years. Over time, Facebook\u2019s core features \u2014 such as Likes, shares, groups, recommendations \u2014 were not only used to expand the company, but were <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/technology\/facebook-like-share-buttons.html\" title=\"\">manipulated by some to harm users<\/a>, the documents showed. Many Facebook employees wrestled with how to rein in the fallout, according to the documents.<br \/>Ms. Haugen has filed whistle-blower complaints to the Securities and Exchange Commission. She also <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/05\/technology\/facebook-whistle-blower-hearing.html\" title=\"\">testified in Congress<\/a> this month and <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/business\/frances-haugen-facebook.html\" title=\"\">spoke to British lawmakers <\/a>on Monday.<br \/>A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed the legal hold was sent to employees on Tuesday evening, but declined to elaborate on what caused the action. \u201cDocument preservation requests are part of the process of responding to legal inquiries,\u201d she said.<br \/>Facebook has previously issued legal directions to employees. Last year, after the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/09\/technology\/facebook-antitrust-monopoly.html\" title=\"\">sued Facebook<\/a> for illegally crushing its competitors, the company advised workers to avoid discussing issues related to the litigation and required them to <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/ryanmac\/facebook-rules-hate-speech-employees-leaving\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">take online training courses<\/a> to understand competition compliance policies.<br \/>The company is also involved in <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/17\/technology\/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html\" title=\"\">an online ads price-fixing investigation<\/a> with Google as part of an antitrust lawsuit against the search giant filed by 10 state attorneys general last year.<br \/>Facebook has also tried clamping down on <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/13\/technology\/facebook-workplace-transparency-leaks.html\" title=\"\">employee leaks<\/a>. This month, it told workers that it would make internal groups focused on platform and election safety private. That would make it harder for them to see discussions related to those topics and limit participation.<br \/><strong>A tech giant in trouble.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>The leak of internal documents by a former Facebook employee has provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/04\/technology\/facebook-files.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">an intimate look<\/a>\u00a0at the operations of the secretive social media company and renewed calls for better regulations of the company\u2019s wide reach into the lives of its users.<\/span><br \/><strong>How it began.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>In September, The Wall Street Journal published The Facebook Files, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/17\/business\/dealbook\/facebook-files-whistleblower.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">a series of reports based on leaked documents<\/a>. The series exposed evidence that Facebook, which on Oct. 28 assumed the corporate name of Meta, knew Instagram, one of its products <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/01\/technology\/facebook-instagram-teenagers.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">was worsening body-image issues among teenagers<\/a>.<\/span><br \/><strong>The whistle-blower.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>During an interview with \u201c60 Minutes\u201d that aired Oct. 3, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/03\/technology\/whistle-blower-facebook-frances-haugen.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">Frances Haugen, a Facebook product manager <\/a>who left the company in May, revealed that she was responsible for the leak of those internal documents.<\/span><br \/><strong>Ms. Haugen\u2019s testimony in Congress.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>On Oct. 5, Ms. Haugen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/05\/technology\/what-happened-at-facebook-whistleblower-hearing.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">testified before a Senate subcommittee<\/a>, saying that Facebook was willing to use hateful and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/05\/technology\/haugen-facebook.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">harmful content<\/a>\u00a0on its site to keep users coming back. Facebook executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, called her accusations untrue.<\/span><br \/><strong>The Facebook Papers.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>Ms. Haugen also filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided the documents to Congress in redacted form. A congressional staff member then supplied the documents, known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/business\/facebook-papers-takeaways.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">Facebook Papers<\/a>, to several news organizations, including The New York Times.<\/span><br \/><strong>New revelations.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>Documents from the Facebook Papers show the degree to which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/22\/technology\/facebook-election-misinformation.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc\">Facebook knew of extremist groups on its site<\/a>\u00a0trying to polarize American voters before the election. They also reveal that internal researchers had repeatedly determined how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/technology\/facebook-like-share-buttons.html?action=click&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-facebook-meta&#038;variant=show&#038;region=MAIN_CONTENT_3&#038;block=storyline_levelup_swipe_recirc&#038;module=RelatedLinks&#038;pgtype=Article\">Facebook\u2019s key features<\/a>\u00a0amplified toxic content on the platform.<\/span><br \/>\u201cThese are the actions of a company attempting to resist scrutiny, not embrace transparency,\u201d Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat of Connecticut who has led a Senate subcommittee inquiry into Facebook, wrote in a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook\u2019s chief executive about the action.<br \/>In Tuesday\u2019s email, Facebook told employees to preserve everything since Jan. 1, 2016. It also advised them that encrypted messages should be preserved and noted that they should stay away from ephemeral messaging for work purposes until further notice.<br \/>There was no \u201cspecific action at this time,\u201d the email said, but employees should not discuss or post about the legal hold anywhere on Workplace, the company\u2019s internal message board.<br \/>Not all aspects of Facebook\u2019s business were bound by the legal hold, according to the email. The company told employees that documents solely related to WhatsApp, its messaging service; Spark AR, its augmented reality studio; and the New Product Experimentation group, an internal incubator, were excluded from the legal hold.<br \/>\u201cYou do not need to preserve documents or communications that are exclusively about WhatsApp as a company product,\u201d the email said. \u201cYou must preserve all WhatsApp messages related to other topics.\u201d<br \/>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/27\/technology\/facebook-legal-communications.html\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AdvertisementBy Ryan Mac and Mike IsaacFacebook has told employees to \u201cpreserve internal documents and communications since 2016\u201d that pertain to its businesses because governments and legislative bodies have started inquiries into its operations, according to a company email sent on Tuesday night.The move, known as a \u201clegal hold,\u201d follows intense media, legal and regulatory scrutiny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}