Zuckerberg’s Meta fires 20 employees for leaking internal information
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San Francisco, USA: The social media company Meta laid off 20 workers for sharing confidential information outside the company, warning that ‘there will be more’ expulsions, News agency AFP reported.
A Meta spokesperson is quoted as saying employees are told when they join, alongside periodical reminders, that it is against the company’s policies to leak internal information.
Mark Zuckerberg’s company added that following a recent investigation it terminated 20 employees for ‘sharing confidential information outside the company, and we expect there will be more.’
Employees were terminated after reports emerged based Zuckerberg's meetings with employees and the company declaring that ‘We take this seriously, and will continue to take action when we identify leaks’.
Zuckerberg in one meeting, as reported first by The Verge, told employees that ‘everything I say leaks. It sucks’, adding that he would not be forthcoming with information.
He reportedly asked employees to ‘buckle up’in the coming year, making it clear that Meta would be ‘a productive partner with the White House’.
Tech company leaders are leaning towards President Trump with Zuckerberg dining with the Republican on several occasions, alongside donating to his inauguration fund.
It is reported earlier this month that the CEO and founder ended Facebook's US fact-checking program.
Meanwhile, Meta appointed Dana White, who according to The Guardian is ‘a familiar figure in the orbit of Donald Trump’, to the company’s board of directors.
