itsMe
8 April 2025 23:52
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100+ Meta employees, including Head of AI Policy, confirmed as ex-IDF - The Grayzone
Meta’s recruitment of vast numbers of former Israeli soldiers raises serious questions about the tech giant’s commitment to free speech - and provides a peek into a biased content moderation process that’s been heavily censoring pro-Palestinian accounts amid the Israeli siege of Gaza.
Is this some kind of joke?
mike
22 April 2025 22:54
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It is difficult to gauge your reaction.
I won’t comment on the article.
But, Israel is known for training tech workers through the military. Those alumni then went on to found many technology companies.
Unit 8200 (Hebrew: יחידה 8200, Yehida shmone matayim "Unit eight two-hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for clandestine operation, collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption, counterintelligence, cyberwarfare, military intelligence, and surveillance. Military publications include references to Unit 8200 as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps, and it is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit ...