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This was a fabricated report as refuted by Meta. https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1579644792077946882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5

This was a fabricated report as refuted by Meta. https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1579644792077946882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1579644792077946882%7Ctwgr%5Edc305c022076f24ba101445c1b0978e22222a062%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opindia.com%2F2022%2F10%2Fthe-wire-meta-xcheck-amit-malviya-fabricated-documents%2F https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1579644792077946882?re...

lightwin 4y ago
I agree, Meta has never done anything like this before. Fully transparent and honest organization, its always working for best interest of people and democracies. /s
- neillobo86 4y ago
  Oh lets just take a claim made by a clearly biased publication (thewire.in) as the truth and say how bad the Indian Govt and Meta is and how they are stifling speech of dissenters. /s
  - throwaway384629 4y ago
    Here you go. May be the WSJ is also biased. “Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt. A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerberg-elite-rules-11631541353 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerber...
- nsenifty 4y ago
  The screenshots in the article are clearly fake. There is no instagram.workplace.com
  - throwaway384629 4y ago
    Can you please prove in any way that this url does not exist?
    - nsenifty 4y ago
      instagram.workplace.com redirects to www.workplace.com Any other legit domains take you to their SSO page. Try walmart.workplace.com
      - colejohnson66 4y ago
        Seems any invalid subdomain causes a redirect to the www subdomain: asdfgqwerty.workplace.com
        throwaway384629 4y ago
        workplace.com is owned by Meta. So who knows if they are running their own intranet instance for themselves. They dont need to pay big bucks to anyone to cause a fake redirect.
    - throwaway384629 4y ago
      Ever heard of “intranet”? Local network urls are not available outside company network.
webmobdev 4y ago
Apparently not - 'How the Hell Did Document Leak?' – Meta Internal Mail Belies 'Fabricated' Charge Against The Wire - https://thewire.in/tech/meta-xcheck-internal-email-watchlist https://thewire.in/tech/meta-xcheck-internal-email-watchlist
- colejohnson66 4y ago
  That's fake too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33165975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33165975 https://twitter.com/swodinsky/status/1579847763499847681 https://twitter.com/swodinsky/status/1579847763499847681
  - throwaway384629 4y ago
    Both of the links that you are sharing have no strong point to support your claim. Basically you are saying those screenshots are fake by quoting another person who is saying the same.
  - webmobdev 4y ago
    Siddharth Vardarajan, the founder editor of The Wire magazine which has published these articles, is an internationally reputed journalist who went on to become the national editor of one of India's largest and most reputed english daily newspaper (The Hindu). He studied in London School of Economics and Columbia University, has taught at New York University and still does at University of California, Berkley. So forgive me for not believing your claim (based on someone else's weak claim) that his magazine is peddling fake news. It's basic journalism to vet any source and have their claims verified (through other sources and methods), which 'The Wire' is known to do even more diligently than other indian media outlets. Moreover, if this was actual fake news Meta / FB would have immediately sued The Wire to have their articles taken down immediately and also filed defamation suits against them.

lightwin 4y ago

I agree, Meta has never done anything like this before. Fully transparent and honest organization, its always working for best interest of people and democracies. /s

neillobo86 4y ago
Oh lets just take a claim made by a clearly biased publication (thewire.in) as the truth and say how bad the Indian Govt and Meta is and how they are stifling speech of dissenters. /s
- throwaway384629 4y ago
  Here you go. May be the WSJ is also biased. “Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt. A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerberg-elite-rules-11631541353 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerber...
nsenifty 4y ago
The screenshots in the article are clearly fake. There is no instagram.workplace.com
- throwaway384629 4y ago
  Can you please prove in any way that this url does not exist?
  - nsenifty 4y ago
    instagram.workplace.com redirects to www.workplace.com Any other legit domains take you to their SSO page. Try walmart.workplace.com
    - colejohnson66 4y ago
      Seems any invalid subdomain causes a redirect to the www subdomain: asdfgqwerty.workplace.com
      - throwaway384629 4y ago
        workplace.com is owned by Meta. So who knows if they are running their own intranet instance for themselves. They dont need to pay big bucks to anyone to cause a fake redirect.
  - throwaway384629 4y ago
    Ever heard of “intranet”? Local network urls are not available outside company network.

webmobdev 4y ago

Apparently not - 'How the Hell Did Document Leak?' – Meta Internal Mail Belies 'Fabricated' Charge Against The Wire - https://thewire.in/tech/meta-xcheck-internal-email-watchlist https://thewire.in/tech/meta-xcheck-internal-email-watchlist

colejohnson66 4y ago
That's fake too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33165975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33165975 https://twitter.com/swodinsky/status/1579847763499847681 https://twitter.com/swodinsky/status/1579847763499847681
- throwaway384629 4y ago
  Both of the links that you are sharing have no strong point to support your claim. Basically you are saying those screenshots are fake by quoting another person who is saying the same.
- webmobdev 4y ago
  Siddharth Vardarajan, the founder editor of The Wire magazine which has published these articles, is an internationally reputed journalist who went on to become the national editor of one of India's largest and most reputed english daily newspaper (The Hindu). He studied in London School of Economics and Columbia University, has taught at New York University and still does at University of California, Berkley. So forgive me for not believing your claim (based on someone else's weak claim) that his magazine is peddling fake news. It's basic journalism to vet any source and have their claims verified (through other sources and methods), which 'The Wire' is known to do even more diligently than other indian media outlets. Moreover, if this was actual fake news Meta / FB would have immediately sued The Wire to have their articles taken down immediately and also filed defamation suits against them.