India, March 17 -- In a move that underscores Meta's growing crackdown on internal leaks, a former employee has claimed he was fired for sharing a company update with his wife-despite the information already being public.

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Riley Berton, who identifies himself as a 'Staff Software Engineer, ex-Meta' on LinkedIn, described his termination as "incredibly sad and terrible and so very very silly." He suggested that Meta's rigid enforcement of its information-sharing policies has led to the dismissal of multiple employees under questionable circumstances.

Berton revealed that he shared a portion of an internal post on Workplace, Meta's wor...