The policy has caused division among employees<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\nBut Meta proceeded to push back on discussion of abortion internally soon thereafter. The day after Sandberg\u2019s public comments, one of Meta\u2019s most senior executives, Naomi Gleit, wrote in an internal post seen by The Verge<\/em> explaining why the company had placed restrictions around discussion of abortion. \u201cAt work, there are many sensitivities around this topic, which makes it difficult to discuss on Workplace,\u201d Gleit wrote. She said that employees were only allowed to discuss abortion at work \u201cwith a trusted colleague in a private setting (e.g. live, chat, etc.)\u201d and in a \u201clistening session with a small group of up to 5 like-minded people to show solidarity.\u201d She encouraged employees to use Meta\u2019s social apps to share their views in their personal capacity, and that the company \u201cwill continue to offer our employees access to reproductive healthcare in the U.S. regardless of where they live.\u201d<\/p>\nThe policy banning discussion of abortion has caused division among employees in recent weeks, with some supporting it and others sharing their frustration about having posts on the topic removed, according to screenshots of Workplace posts and comments seen by The Verge<\/em>. During the all-hands meeting led by Sandberg, Gale, and other execs Thursday, several comments about the policy were posted by employees underneath the livestream and removed as the meeting progressed.<\/p>\nIn an internal post earlier this month titled \u201cSupport & Silence,\u201d a female employee who has been at the company for 10 years wrote that the policy had led her to feel a \u201cstrong sense of silence and isolation on Workplace.\u201d She wrote that an earlier version of her post had been taken down and that the new version had \u201cmuch of the content removed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same policy explicitly allows us to discuss similarly sensitive issues and movements including immigration, trans rights, climate change, Black Lives Matter, gun rights \/ gun control, and vaccination,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe argument about why our policy treats one issue quite differently than other sensitive issues feels flimsy and unconvincing to me. The entire process of dealing with the Respectful Communication policy, being told why my post is violating, and crafting this new post has felt dehumanizing and dystopian.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/br><\/code><\/p>\nSource: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/19\/23131714\/meta-ban-abortion-discussion-at-work-facebook-workplace-roe-v-wade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: A Meta executive told employees on Thursday that they are prohibited from talking about abortion on Workplace, an internal version of Facebook, citing \u201can increased risk\u201d that the company is seen as a \u201chostile work environment.\u201d The policy, which Meta put in place in 2019 but hasn\u2019t been reported until now, prohibits employees from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-6249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy","category-technology","tag-policy"],"yoast_head":"\n
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