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Meta fires 20 employees for leaking


The company announced the firings after a string of leaks about CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s internal comments.

In comments that were subsequently leaked, CTO Andrew Bosworth then told them that the company was “making progress on catching people.” Morale inside Meta has suffered since Zuckerberg announced drastic changes to content moderation policies, ended company DEI programs, and said recent layoffs targeted “low-performers.” Thursday’s public announcement about firing employees doesn’t provide any information about what material they leaked, who the employees are, or who they leaked to. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe.

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