I had an experience with Frances in 2018 while at a company prior to her joining Facebook. She was somewhat unprofessional with me by abruptly cancelling a meeting without a very good excuse or much followup. I believe the CTO had asked her to take a meeting with me but she mostly disregarded that request.

I don't see much that is substantial coming out of this. She's brought hell upon herself while playing in a mostly liberal reform narrative. She significantly violated her NDA and probably violated some trade secret theft laws.

The company we both worked at was probably engaged in some forms of reverse discrimination.

Personally when I interviewed for the Fake News ML team at Facebook they had me interview with a guy who had a thick Russian accent. Anyone who works in big tech has experienced a litany of dysfunction. We also know what a self-promoting egoist looks like :)

This is just a media headline as meaningless as the congressional hearings that have been going on since 2017.

In my opinion and life choices, the difference between a bad actor and a bystander is often that they see the brokenness of their surroundings but they persist in rationalizing what's wrong with it rather than walking away. Becoming a whistleblower is just a masochistic way to walk away or it is a play for self-gain. The whole machine of Silicon Valley has stunk for almost a decade.

I suspect Frances sees something to gain with this, and unlike James Damore the same media machine Frances points the finger at will view her favorably on the mere basis that she is a "she".

So goes the crusade to right wrongs with double standards...