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A key part of trials like this is the discovery process, which would surface a lot of the documents and emails that supposedly contain this information you’re t
by Aurornis 2mo ago
A key part of trials like this is the discovery process, which would surface a lot of the documents and emails that supposedly contain this information you’re talking about.
If the lawyers found it, they’d be using it. I think the takeaway from this is that they decided their own catchphrase was more compelling than any language they found in those documents.
- gtowey 2mo agoI know about discovery. I have a hard time believing that Meta is being perfectly transparent or comprehensive in what they disclose to the prosecution.
- ethbr1 2mo agoI think it's fair to say there's a lot of internal Meta comms that are undiscoverable because they intentionally no longer exist. See Google's infamous 'Do we have deletion turned on for this chat?' executive records. Companies aren't dumb, and the easiest way to prevent discovery is to have a policy that ensures prompt document destruction. Luckily, humans (especially powerful ones) are terrible at adhering to often inconvenient opsec, hence the bits that do dribble out. But it's worth not forgetting those are just bits...