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Google has 170k employees. They have "so many ex-X" for many X.
by danielmarkbruce 4y ago
Google has 170k employees. They have "so many ex-X" for many X.
- freeflight 4y agoGoogle also has a rather curious funding history [0] that very neatly fits with such hires. [0] https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance/ https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-ci...
- vintermann 4y agoThis is specifically about the "trust and safety" department of Google, basically the Glavlit.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoThat's hyperbolic at best. Trust & Safety at google is a function google wished did not need to exist. People put all kinds of really horrific stuff online and on google sites/products. It's crappy work but someone has to do it. The people who have experience with this stuff have often worked either at another giant internet company, or cia/fbi etc. In the finance org there are "lots of ex goldman". In various orgs there are "lots of ex mckinsey". The fact that one specific X tend to be more in one org is a function of skill set. This is common sense.
- vintermann 4y agoThe point is, no, it would not be surprising if there were some CIA careerists people among Google's ~150000 employees. But it's more notable if there's a high concentration of CIA careerists in the ~500 people working in the trust and safety division. And especially if the leadership of that division is heavy in CIA careerists (it is). They decide what should be permitted, and that is not simply a question of expertise.