Tensions are escalating inside Facebook over the social platform’s laissez-faire approach to the president’s posts. (Adweek)
Hundreds 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 past week. (NYT)
A group of Facebook employees organized and formally requested the day off as a form of protest. Facebook employees also shared their criticism of the company openly on social media. (Mashable)
Unlike Twitter, which censored and hid President Trump’s “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” tweet last week, Facebook decided to leave the same post on its platform untouched—though CEO Mark Zuckerberg did reportedly raise concerns over Trump’s “tone” and “rhetoric” during a subsequent phone call with the president. (Mediaite)
Facebook, which had more than 48,000 full-time workers as of the end of the first quarter of 2020, did not say how many employees participated in the walkout. (Variety)