Facebook drains users cellphone battries internationality Says Ex- Employee

A long-standing rumor suggests that the Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps drain the battery on cellphones that have the apps installed. According to data scientist and ex-Facebook employee George Hayward, Facebook has the ability to deliberately and covertly deplete the batteries of its users' mobile devices. According to The New York Post, Facebook's actions are actually known as "negative testing," which permits tech companies to covertly drain a user's phone's battery in order to test an app's functions or evaluate how a picture would load.

Hayward was fired by Facebook parent Meta for refusing to participate in negative testing. "I told the manager that this might hurt someone, and she said that by hurting a few people, we can benefit the larger masses. Don't hurt people, any data scientist worth their salt would know, he advised the Post.

After being fired by Meta in November, Hayward initially sued the business in Manhattan Federal Court. The 33-year-old works for Meta's Facebook Messenger service, which allows users to communicate via text, phone, and video conversations. Hayward's lawyer, Dan Kaiser, made the point in the lawsuit that draining smartphone users' batteries puts them in danger, particularly "in situations where they need to interact with others, including but not limited to police." Or

The suit had to be withdrawn because Meta's terms of employment forced Hayward to argue his case in arbitration. Kaiser says that most people have no idea that Facebook and other social media companies can intentionally drain your batterythat most people have no idea that Facebook and other social media companies can intentionally drain your battery. Commenting on the practice of negative testing, the lawyer added, "It’s clearly illegal." It's upsetting that my phone's battery can be manipulated by anyone. 

Originally hired in 2019, Hayward was receiving a six-figure annual paycheck from Meta. But when it came to the company's request to perform the negative testing, Hayward said, "I refused to do this test." It turns out that telling your boss, "No, that's illegal," doesn't go over well.

 

At one point during his employment at Meta, the company handed Hayward an internal training document titled "How to Run Thoughtful Negative Tests." The document included examples of how to run such tests. After reading the document, Hayward said that it appeared to him that Facebook had used negative testing before. He added, "I have never seen a more horrible document in my career."

 

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