[snidane]

The company doesn't have the power to change politics like that, so there is no point in getting the company involved or pick sides. The only neutral solution is to ban political discussions in the workplace, same as it should be in schools. Any other way leads to a psychologically unsafe environment to work at, which definitely doesn't lead to a stable daily life and thus a productive worker.

[genocidicbunny]

A company like Meta absolutely has the power to weigh in on the politics. It wouldn't be pretty and would get a lot of blowback, but they can absolutely affect the politics. They could ban any anti-abortion messaging, they could promote pro-choice viewpoints, they could block proponents of the recent decision. They could change their algorithms to manipulate people's feeds in any which way -- for example, show a pro-lifer only pro-choice topics. They could do the complete opposite of that too. If they wanted to, they could absolutely shut down one side of the debate to the benefit of the other.

[woodruffw]

Meta doesn’t have the power to change politics? Hasn’t the last two years of Section 230 handwringing focused squarely on their outsized influence over political discourse?

[jen20]

Companies absolutely have the power to change this: with their donations. There is a reason that “Citizens United” is such a drag on humanity.

[stormcode]

You're saying Meta doesn't have the power to change politics? Where have you been since 2016.

[drewcoo]

> The company doesn't have the power to change politics like that,

Then tell them to stop lobbying. Period.