Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
In copyright lawsuits over AI training, Meta has spent weeks blaming staff for downloading torrents. The company has now been ordered to name executives who authorized decisions to pirate books from shadow libraries like Anna’s Archive and LibGen, TorrentFreak reported.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/meta-ordered-to-name-execs-who-approved-torrenting-for-ai-training/Open linkView original on piefed.social
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Getting paid for all that responsibility and then blaming everything on your underlings is a tough job. Only sociopaths can handle the stress.
I'm sure Fuckerberg isn't losing a single second of sleep when he throws Facebook employees under the bus.
Also, from the article:
Zuckerberg...
Always the class act...
I’ve never seen download speeds affected by not seeding.
That's not the point.
The point is, those who don't seed take and don't share back.
That's what profiteers and sociopaths do - or a Zuckerberg-owned company.
I understand your point, but I was addressing that the article is inaccurate (as far as I understand) with this:
There are some swarms that do act like that, but I don't think it is universal. Perhaps they have evidence that Meta was connected to a swarm that shuns non-uploaders.
maybe
When buying is not owning piracy is not thief.
Let's be clear here, if you work for Facebook, you will be judged socially. In addition to being thrown under the bus by the people that take credit for your work.