In 2019 while at @Pinterest, I wrote in an eng focused trust & safety slack channel that a popular white supremacist was in fact, a white supremacist, and his content should be removed. I also provided context and examples of content that violated our policies. 1/
https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/1349066876324896773
A few months later I was doxxed by a white male colleague who took issue with my evidence backed recommendations. He worked with a well known org to make sure my PII was spread across right wing channels. Want to guess how @Pinterest responded? 2/
Instead of focusing on the health & safety (online and physical) of me and two other women who were targeted, leadership on the legal team redirected focus to interrogate whether the person I had correctly identified as a white supremacist was actually a white supremacist. 3/
Tony Falzone (Deputy GC) and Christine Flores (GC) asked an org that had been focused on monitoring threats to instead *investigate my statements.* The company ended up spending several thousand dollars and precious time on a report that confirmed my recommendations. 4/
When you read about incidents like this one at GitHub, understand that the fascists at tech companies aren’t just randomly dispersed throughout the employee base. Many of them are in leadership positions. They’re the GC, CFO, COO, and CEO. They’re the folks calling the shots. 5/5
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