Human rights attorney l International law, policy, advocacy and strategic litigation l Currently Senior Director for Law and Policy at ARTICLE 19
So Sheryl Sandberg now leaves Meta's board of directors, after quitting her post of chief operating officer last year. What does she leave behind? What is her legacy? According to Debra Aho Williamson from Insider Intelligence, "what she built at Facebook is pretty powerful, and will go down in the history books.” Shoshana Zuboff, a professor emerita at Harvard Business School "Sandberg’s work in finding ways to monetize users’ personal data makes her responsible for the wholesale destruction of privacy.” I am with Zuboff. From my point of view, there is nothing to celebrate about Sandberg. She seems to be someone who does not care about the consequences of her actions despite those being blatantly obvious. As various scandals and failures at Meta have been revealed, she has just purposefully followed one goal - making tons of profit. If anything, her legacy is Facebook full of ads - targeted, automated ads. Not something to be proud of on one's deathbed... But I guess it depends on one's values. It will be two years since I left Facebook and I follow Meta and the problems associated with it only for work and professional reasons. I left for several reasons but mainly because I did not want to be a part of the money pump that makes Zuckerberg and those around him even more rich and more powerful. I use other platforms and make sure that all messaging apps I use are encrypted by default. Fortunately, my social bubble has gradually migrated to other platforms too. The times of "if you don't have Facebook, you do not exist" are gone. I still exist 😀. And those at Meta left in Sandberg's wake: your business model is incompatible with the fundamental rights of those who use your platform. Think if you want this to be your legacy too. #Facebook #Meta #humanrights #freedomofexpression #privacy #legacy #businessmodel https://lnkd.in/erQvYkty
Counsel - CrowdCheck Law LLP
9moHow did she become so successful? In short: she was very smart, ferociously and boundlessly ambitious, made the right friends (Larry Summers, above all else) and didn’t have scruples of any kind…do I need to read the article? 😉