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OAKLAND, Calif. Dozens of Facebook employees, in rare public criticism on Monday of their own company, protested executives decision not to do anything about inflammatory posts that President Trump had placed on the giant social media platform over the last week.
The employees, who took the day off by logging into Facebooks systems and requesting time off to support protesters across the country, also added an automated message to their emails saying that they were out of the office in a show of protest. The group is one of many clusters of employees attempting to push back on executives. As of Monday morning, many employees continued to discuss a list of demands for management.
The movement a virtual walkout of sorts since most Facebook employees are working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic comes as staff members have circulated petitions and threatened to resign. More than a dozen current and former employees have described the unrest as the most serious challenge to Mr. Zuckerbergs leadership since the company was founded 15 years ago.
Mr. Zuckerberg has argued on a number of occasions that Facebook should take a hands-off approach to what people post, including lies from elected officials and others in power. He has repeatedly said the public should be allowed to decide what to believe.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/technology/facebook-employee-protest-trump.html
volstork
(5,399 posts)nothing will ever change in that cesspool. Why anyone is on that platform is a complete mystery to me.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)the Lincoln Project ad almost immediately- pretending that one claim in it wasn't sufficiently proved.
crickets
(25,952 posts)It's not just trump who's been getting away with inflammatory posts, though.
Zuckerberg also has no problem with white supremacists using his platform to organize and recruit. I wonder if/when they'll get around to addressing that issue.
https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/extremists-are-using-facebook-to-organize-for-civil-war-amid-coronavirus