Meta employees took to social media to denounce “toxic” company policies that prohibit employees from discussing controversial topics in the workplace. It accused the tech giant of censoring anti-Israel documents to its leadership.
The employee, known only as “Saima” on social media accounts, has been working as a data scientist at Meta Inc. in New York since 2021, according to his LinkedIn account.
Earlier this week, she shared a text-only Instagram post that read, “External censorship of the Meta platform begins with internal censorship of Meta employees.”
Saima used the caption to expose Meta’s internal rules called CEE (Community Engagement Expectations) that restrict staff from discussing certain topics in the workplace. business insider Previously reported.
CEE was introduced when Meta switched its internal communications policy in late 2022.
According to a memo circulated at the time by Lori Gawler, Meta’s head of human resources, CEE was “introduced to ensure internal discussions are respectful, productive, and focused.” While this comes with the tradeoff of not allowing any kind of expression in the workplace, we believe this is the right thing to do for the long-term health of our internal community. ”
“Issues that can no longer be discussed include health issues such as vaccine efficacy and abortion, legal issues such as pending legislation, political issues such as elections and political campaigns, and the ownership and rights of arms.” Gawler wrote.Note obtained by luck.
Meanwhile, Saima said the Palestinians’ conflict with Israel has escalated following the Oct. 7 Hamas ambush in which the terrorist group killed more than 1,160 Israelis and took hundreds of hostages. has been openly defended.
Samia was placed under investigation late last year after being “kicked out of all internal systems” for circulating a signature-gathering letter to Meta leadership expressing collective concerns about internal and external bias and censorship in the wake of the Israel-Gaza conflict. It was placed in the ”
Mehta’s human resources department then contacted Saima in mid-February and told her in an Instagram post that the investigation had been “closed.”
Access to her system was restored on March 14, and she returned to work this Monday, she wrote, adding that she was informed by human resources that she was currently under investigation for “repeated violations of CEE.” He added that it was done.
“They were investigating “concerns regarding the alleged inappropriate use of our systems to disseminate an open letter.” signatures and about 100 personal testimonies,” Saima said.
“@Meta, stop internal censorship of your employees and eliminate toxic CEE.”
The Post has reached out to Saima and Mehta for comment.
Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King had his Instagram account suspended in December after he claimed to have helped free two Americans abducted by Hamas and accused Israel of genocide. revealed.
King, who had 6 million followers on the Mehta-owned site before his account was taken over, posted a video message through a friend’s Instagram account announcing that he had been blocked from Instagram.
