Meta has just released about 20 employees because they had come to the press

Meta ((META-1.98%)))The Facebook parent company has released around 20 employees to leave confidential information – and further terminations are expected.

“We tell the employees when they have joined the company and we offer regular memories that it is against our guidelines to violate internal information, regardless of the intention,” a Meta spokesman told Quartz in an e -mail declaration. “We recently carried out an investigation in which around 20 employees were finished to share confidential information outside the company and we assume that there will be more. We take this seriously and will continue to take measures if we identify leaks. “

The company announced no details about which information was leaked through, who or how many other employees could be released.

The news was first in the first place Registered by The Verge.

Last month Meta warned the employees in an internal memo that After leaky corporate information, they would be releasedAfter an increase in media reports on internal meetings and future product plans.

The company even changed the format of its meetings as part of its approach to leak. The New York Times reported. Previously, employees were able to vote on questions to ask CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the most popular. This process has been removed. In addition, a chat function, in which employees could comment on live presentations, was removed.

Zuckerberg recognized the changes during a meeting in January, citing an increase in the leak. “Everything I say licks. And it's shit, isn't it? “He said during the meeting.

“I think there are a number of things that are valuable destruction that I will not talk about,” he added. “Perhaps it is nature to lead a company of this size. But it's a bit of a crap. “

The Chief Technology Officer from Meta, Andrew Bosworth, also addressed the problem during a meeting in February.

“There is a funny thing that happens with these leaks,” said Bosworth according to Verge. “When things run out, people often think: 'Ah, okay, that's leaked, so it will put pressure on us to change things.' The opposite is more likely. “

The shots come when Meta goes down Removing changesIncluding the loosening of restrictions on online talk, scaling diversity initiatives, setbacks of his fact program and the closer institution with the government of former President Donald Trump.