Actually, yeah. Otherwise, you fuck up whistleblowing. They could be in the position, realize what’s happening is wrong, be documenting it, trying to get out, etc…
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angleangel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
A Reddit spokesperson, who requested that The Verge not use their name due to the sensitive subject matter
What the fuck is this? We’re granting corporate spokespeople anonymity now?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
angleangel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
Are you seriously suggesting there is no way to grant whistleblowers anonymity without granting it to corporate spokespeople providing statements on behalf of the company? You’re a fucking idiot
IronJess@lemmy.today 2 days ago
The anti evil operations team has done this in the past.
angleangel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
What the fuck is “the anti evil operations team”? That sounds like corpospeak for a team that does deeply evil shit
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
You give it to whoever asks for it or you never get another source again.
angleangel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
This isn’t a “source”. This is a corporate spokesperson
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Was this corporate spokesperson authorized to talk to this outlet about this topic? Just because they’re a spokesperson doesn’t mean they can talk freely.
angleangel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yes, that’s what a spokesperson is. Did you read the article? If it was a leak that would have been stated.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
…its both
subignition@piefed.social 1 day ago
Even though it's a corporate spokesperson, they wouldn't have requested anonymity if they were allowed to talk about it...
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Untrue. Reddit employees doing what their bosses tell them to are justifiably afraid of the blowback. Reminds me of the directive to not wear Reddit branding with the 3rd party app thing These folks don’t want targets on their back.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 day ago
r8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
That’s not what they do according to their own ethics statement
www.theverge.com/ethics-statement
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
I’m not reading that. What are you saying?
multiplewolves@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Take the link and scroll down to the section titled “ON BACKGROUND”