True, Zhang was dismissed and ignored inside Facebook. But by going through the internal and external disclosure channels she left a paper trail that regulators, journalists, and researchers could use. It didn’t fix Meta, but it gave her work legitimacy and fed into hearings and reporting. That’s different from skipping straight to a commercial book deal.

> True, Zhang was dismissed and ignored inside Facebook.

Zhang wasn't ignored. She made a huge fucking impact internally. The problem is the department that she was trying to affect change is run by a bastard.

If the end result is nothing changes, arguing about whether she was ignored or stonewalled feels academic.