On Friday, Meta told its workers not to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade and has deleted texts that do so.
"On our internal Workplace platform, moderators swiftly remove posts or comments mentioning abortion."
- Ambroos Vaes, Meta software engineer
Meta had previously permitted free discussion about abortion, it later changed its mind when it caused "substantial disturbances in the workplace."
The firm then implemented a policy that put "strong guardrails around social, political and sensitive conversations" in the workplace.
"The 'respectful' communications policy that was put in place explicitly disallows it. Limited discussion can only happen in groups of up to 20 employees who follow a set playbook, but not out in the open."
- Ambroos Vaes, Meta software engineer
