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AirAsia CEO quits Facebook after attack at New Zealand mosques

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MANILA, Philippines — AirAsia group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tony Fernandes has quit Facebook following the deadly mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand…
MANILA, Philippines — AirAsia group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tony Fernandes has quit Facebook following the deadly mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand last Friday.
In a Twitter post, Fernandes said he deactivated his Facebook account due to so much “hate that goes on social media” especially in the wake of the attacks in New Zealand that left at least 50 people dead.
Fernandes’ Facebook account has some 670,000 followers.
“Closed down my Facebook account with 670 k followers. Just thinking about Twitter now. [Whether] to close or carry on,” Fernandes tweeted Sunday.
“The amount of hate that goes on in social media sometimes outweighs the good.

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