Facebook Employees Slammed Zuckerberg Over Militia Groups And QAnon After Kenosha [View all]
Following days of violence and civil unrest, Facebook employees wonder if their company is doing enough to stifle militia and QAnon groups stoking violence on the social network.
Ryan Mac
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a companywide meeting, questioning his leadership and decision-making, following a week in which the platform promoted violent conspiracy theories and gave safe harbor to militia groups. The billionaire chief executive was speaking via webcast at the companys weekly all-hands meeting, attempting to address questions about violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the QAnon conspiracy that has proliferated across Facebook.
The meeting came one day after the Verge reported that a self-proclaimed militia group calling itself Kenosha Guard had used its Facebook page to issue a call to arms violating Facebook's own policies and remained online even though at least two people reported it before the shooting. It also followed weeks of employee unrest, in which the companys rank and file have urged the CEO to combat the spread of QAnon-related content on its platform.
All of Facebooks more than 50,000 employees can watch and comment on the stream during the meeting, or view a recording after its conclusion and as Zuckerberg spoke, angry comments poured in.
At what point do we take responsibility for enabling hate filled bile to spread across our services? wrote one employee. [A]nti semitism, conspiracy, and white supremacy reeks across our services.
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