Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Mark Zuckerberg marched at San Francisco\u2019s gay pride parade more than a decade ago, waving from a float topped by a rainbow flag and stamping the arms of those in the crowd with a picture of the company\u2019s \u201clike\u201d symbol.\u00a0Following the re-election of Donald Trump this year, the Meta chief has called for more \u201cmasculine energy\u201d in the workplace, while eliminating some safeguards against hate speech across his apps.Zuckerberg is at the vanguard of a dramatic reversal in attitudes across Silicon Valley, whose traditionally liberal workforces have been shocked by a broad backlash against diversity policies and employee dissent.According to interviews with multiple current and former tech workers as well as academics, there has been little protest from left-leaning staff against the founders and chief executives of Meta, Amazon, Apple and Google who were all prominently seated behind Trump during his inauguration. These people said many staff were fearful of a less secure job market following hundreds of thousands of tech lay-offs in 2023 and 2024.Some insiders noted the recent policy changes had even been welcomed by certain younger, predominantly male, staff who leaned right, or ignored by more apolitical staff including some international employees on company-sponsored visas.\u201cMeta staff would previously erupt in outrage over whatever was the issue that week or month\u201d, one former senior employee said. \u201cNow it feels like there\u2019s silence.\u201dThe tepid reaction to the public shows of support for the new president has led some to bemoan the slow death of activism in Silicon Valley. \u00a0\u201cIn the 2010s, there was a sense that Silicon Valley was different, it had a rarefied culture,\u201d said Alison Taylor, a clinical associate professor at NYU Stern School of Business focused on corporate responsibility. \u201cNow you\u2019re just like any other union-busting top-down conglomerate.\u201dFor others, the change was necessary. \u201cI don\u2019t want a bunch of snot-nosed brats on the west coast telling me what I can or can\u2019t say online,\u201d said one senior tech lawyer. \u201cThings had gone way too far.\u201dAs scrappy start-ups, companies such as Google and Meta attracted talent with the promise of transparency and open debate at weekly all-hands meetings. In 2018, Google was chastened after thousands of employees walked out in protest against the lenient treatment of senior men accused of sexual misconduct.At Apple in 2021, a staff revolt dubbed the \u201cAppleToo\u201d movement drew attention to the iPhone-maker\u2019s secretive culture and policies around unionising, pay transparency and harassment. The National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that protects workers\u2019 rights, has since filed multiple complaints accusing the company of labour law violations, including retaliation against employees who spoke out. Apple disputes the claims.During the pandemic, hundreds of Meta staff staged \u201cvirtual\u201d walkouts after the company did not take down inflammatory posts by Trump during his first term in office. Now, even minor acts of activism are being stifled, according to current and former tech staffers.\u00a0At Google, an internal pride portal used by staff to promote and co-ordinate LGBTQ events, has recently disappeared. Amazon and Google parent Alphabet have pared back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments and have deleted internal groups promoting LGBTQ issues. Google said it had been reviewing its diversity efforts \u201cfollowing recent court decisions and executive orders on this topic\u201d. Cher Scarlett, a software engineer and one of the leaders of the AppleToo movement, whose NLRB complaint is still awaiting trial, said she had seen Apple staff on a private online forum say \u201cthings that really shocked me: \u2018we should see how [the Trump presidency] plays out,\u2019 or \u2018maybe it is the best thing\u2019.\u201dAt Meta, staff have been expressly warned that anyone caught divulging company information to the press would be fired, and Q&A sessions with Zuckerberg are now closely vetted.\u00a0Earlier this month. the company said it would cut 5 per cent of its staff, with Zuckerberg saying that the \u201clowest performers\u201d would be targeted.While Meta\u2019s internal messaging boards continue to be flooded with debate, its community relations team has deleted certain criticism, citing rules around staff contributing to a \u201crespectful workplace\u201d, several people said. One such example was the removal of offensive posts about the appointment of Trump confidant Dana White to Meta\u2019s board in January. The UFC boss made a public apology in 2023 after a video surfaced of him slapping his wife in a Vegas casino.\u00a0Meta declined to comment.There has been a smattering of high-profile departures. Last month, Roy Austin, Meta\u2019s vice-president of civil rights, announced that he was leaving, while the head of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has also departed. Overall, the response has been muted, without the protests, petitions or open letters common during other periods of turmoil.\u00a0\u201cIs there a group of techno-libertarians that is more vocal and that has had significant financial success? Absolutely.\u201d said Ro Khanna, a congressman and California Democrat whose district includes parts of Silicon Valley. \u201cAnd there are younger entrepreneurs in their thirties and forties who are influenced by that group. But there is a debate where the vast majority in Silicon Valley still believe in climate change, still believe in constitutional government, still believe in the benefits of having immigration.\u201dAriella Steinhorn, a former Uber communications official who now runs a media company supporting whistleblowers, said: \u201cThe super vocal activist types will never go to work for tech companies again \u2014 they have to be on the outside.\u201cThe vast majority are not drinking the Kool-Aid, they are not activists \u2014 but they are conflicted.\u201dThose who remain suggested the silence came as few wanted to be blacklisted as a troublemaker or lose a well-paid job when the tech market is more saturated.\u201cWith the exception of engineers, nobody could dream of the compensation that they\u2019re getting [were they to move] elsewhere,\u201d said one former senior Meta employee. \u201cThey\u2019ve got the velvet handcuffs.\u201d\u00a0For international staff in the US on company-sponsored visas, who are threatened with losing their immigration status if they lose their jobs, the stakes are even higher. \u201cWe joke about the coders on H1B visas having a noose around their necks\u201d, one tech employee said.\u00a0Still, some envisage that the cultural pendulum will swing back. \u201cMy hope is that there will be a moment of moral clarity, where these companies will realise they can\u2019t go along with the Trump agenda,\u201d said Khanna. \u201cIf there is a constitutional crisis, I would hope these tech leaders would stand with us.\u201dAdditional reporting by Rafe Uddin and Cristina Criddle in San Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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