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Facebook in turmoil over refusal to police Trump's posts

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The clash between Twitter and Donald Trump has thrust rival Facebook into turmoil, with employees rebelling against CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to sanction false or inflammatory posts by the US president.
June 2,2020
The clash between Twitter and Donald Trump has thrust rival Facebook into turmoil, with employees rebelling against CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to sanction false or inflammatory posts by the US president.
Some Facebook employees put out word of a «virtual walkout» to take place Monday to protest, according to tweeted messages.
«As allies we must stand in the way of danger, not behind. I will be participating in today’s virtual walkout in solidarity with the black community,» tweeted Sara Zhang, one of the Facebook employees in the action.
Nearly all Facebook employees are working remotely due to the pandemic.
«We recognize the pain many of our people are feeling right now, especially our Black community,» Facebook said in response to the AFP request for comment.
«We encourage employees to speak openly when they disagree with leadership.»
Facebook was aware some workers planned the virtual walkout and did not plan to dock their pay.
«Mark is wrong, and I will endeavor in the loudest possible way to change his mind,» Ryan Freitas, the design director of Facebook’s News Feed, tweeted Sunday, adding that he was organizing about 50 other employees who share his view.
At the root of the discord is Twitter’s unprecedented intervention last week when it tagged two Trump tweets about mail-in ballots with messages urging people to «get the facts.»
Zuckerberg reacted by telling Fox News that private social media platforms «shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online.» Trump retweeted the interview.

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