I'm confused. If anything, this seems to me like evidence that Facebook is holding people accountable for violating regulations on the platform. This would hav

I'm confused. If anything, this seems to me like evidence that Facebook is holding people accountable for violating regulations on the platform. This would have more weight if Facebook had discovered this on their own, but it was an outside investigation that uncovered it. Firing people once they are outted by an external agency is pretty weak accountability of their platform. And note that this was a contractor so should have had higher scrutiny than a full-time employee, but I know from personal experience that it's often the opposite - the contract company signed a contract saying that they'll abide by all of the rules, so no need to monitor them, after all, they signed a contract. A company spokesperson confirmed that an unnamed worker was fired after inquiries from BuzzFeed News sparked an internal investigation