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As the struggle over President Donald Trump’s use of social media continues, a half-dozen Facebook executives have taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the company’s permissive stance on Trump’s messages.
Some employees, working from home, decided to stage a virtual walkout by not logging in to work Monday.
Twitter has flagged tweets by Trump in recent days. An infamous one warning that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” was appended with a note from Twitter saying it violated a company policy against glorifying violence. The White House responded to the moves by Twitter by issuing an executive order seeking to rein in tech companies, though most observers see it as unlikely to gain traction.
Facebook, meanwhile, has allowed the same message by Trump to remain on its platform, which has 2.6 billion monthly active users. That laissez-faire approach, which is consistent with founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Some employees, working from home, decided to stage a virtual walkout by not logging in to work Monday.
Twitter has flagged tweets by Trump in recent days. An infamous one warning that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” was appended with a note from Twitter saying it violated a company policy against glorifying violence. The White House responded to the moves by Twitter by issuing an executive order seeking to rein in tech companies, though most observers see it as unlikely to gain traction.
Facebook, meanwhile, has allowed the same message by Trump to remain on its platform, which has 2.6 billion monthly active users. That laissez-faire approach, which is consistent with founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
- 6/1/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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