Wait what? Facebook "Oversight Board" is giving "embargoed" access of its *full* decisions to individual writers? Like a single person? Is that so? No. Not okay. (Not naming the person because it doesn't mean she did something wrong). But, no, no, no. We aren't their PR agents.
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Not legitimate. If it wasn't everyone, the practice should be fiercely resisted before it takes off. Either everyone gets the embargoed "decision" or the whole PR exercise is illegitimate. Come on. Facebook already has so much power. Academics shouldn't play along.
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The whole practice of media embargoes period is hugely problematic IMO, for the reasons you describe. But it is the way the industry works, and if you don't write about it you can be sure your competitors will. Whether academics should agree to them is a fair question
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I understand your point, and agree, but this is how Facebook operates and has operated even with journalists. And not just them, but virtually every tech company. Some get embargoes and others don't. Playing favorites is systemic.
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First, has anyone found out how many people did get embargoed release? Second, let's look at all the publications that accept embargoes, namely every newspaper alive.
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