1. Not care?
2. Not see this happening?
3. Not see anything wrong?
4. Can't do anything?
5. Know the "truth," which is substantially different than that being reported?
It seems like one of these ought to be true, and at least in the case of (1-3) should be able to report as much to us.
2) they probably do
3) they probably do
4) that's probably it
5) or even worse!
Likely their influence is limited and if they don't toe the company line they'll be 'between jobs' next week or so.
Speaking out in public against company policy can get your ass canned in some companies pretty quickly.
And some do speak up:
http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/164539,facebook-emplo...
But I implore all of you at facebook to make your feelings known to your higher-ups (if you feel, like many of the rest of us on HN, that something bad's happening).
These kind of decisions generally only go in one direction, and only early-on can they be stopped.
I think that you forgot to suffix that with "for developers in Silicon Valley." With the high unemployment rates, I presume there are a lot of people that don't have the luxury of tossing a job due to moral/ethical dilemmas.