Facebook did not lack sound advice from competent executives, they just didn't have the spine to do the right thing, because money. One central tension at Face

Facebook did not lack sound advice from competent executives, they just didn't have the spine to do the right thing, because money. One central tension at Facebook has been that of the legal and policy teams versus the security team. The security team generally pushed for more disclosure about how nation states had misused the site, but the legal and policy teams have prioritized business imperatives, said the people briefed on the matter. “The people whose job is to protect the user always are fighting an uphill battle against the people whose job is to make money for the company,” said Sandy Parakilas, who worked at Facebook enforcing privacy and other rules until 2012 and now advises a nonprofit organization called the Center for Humane Technology, which is looking at the effect of technology on people. Alex Stamos, CSO is the one who led the internal tension for better disclosures and the need for Facebook to be more transparent. Of course, it is part of why he was forced to leave, as reported by the NYT [0]. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/facebook-alex-stamos.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/facebook-alex-...