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Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts
NYT ^ | June 1, 2020 | Sheera Frankel and Mike Isaac

Posted on 06/01/2020 11:47:17 AM PDT by Stravinsky

OAKLAND, Calif. — Dozens 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 last week.

The employees, who took the day off by logging into Facebook’s systems and requesting time off to support protesters across the country, also added an automated message to their emails saying that they were out of the office in a show of protest. The group is one of many clusters of employees attempting to push back on executives. As of Monday morning, many employees continued to discuss a list of demands for management.

The movement — a virtual “walkout” of sorts since most Facebook employees are working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic — comes as staff members have circulated petitions and threatened to resign. More than a dozen current and former employees have described the unrest as the most serious challenge to Mr. Zuckerberg’s leadership since the company was founded 15 years ago.

Mr. Zuckerberg has argued on a number of occasions that Facebook should take a hands-off approach to what people post, including lies from elected officials and others in power. He has repeatedly said the public should be allowed to decide what to believe.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdasection230; censorbusting; facebook; internet; intolerantleftists; rico; shareholdersuit; trump
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1 posted on 06/01/2020 11:47:17 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

But they are not partial to any one side. Right.


2 posted on 06/01/2020 11:49:24 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Stravinsky

Ah, another reason I don’t “do” Facebook...


3 posted on 06/01/2020 11:50:16 AM PDT by EinNYC
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Words hurt Snowflakes safe in their enclaves...they are not worthy of America


4 posted on 06/01/2020 11:50:59 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
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To: Stravinsky
Fire those propagandists.
5 posted on 06/01/2020 11:51:14 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: EinNYC

Me too.


6 posted on 06/01/2020 11:51:28 AM PDT by sport
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To: goodnesswins

Don’t worry. They won’t have it long.


7 posted on 06/01/2020 11:52:41 AM PDT by sport
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To: Stravinsky

Fire them.


8 posted on 06/01/2020 11:53:59 AM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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To: Stravinsky

That’ll teach him!


9 posted on 06/01/2020 11:55:05 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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I set my status to offline! That’ll show em!

Slurps Starbucks.


10 posted on 06/01/2020 11:55:36 AM PDT by Skywise
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Zuckerberg should (but likely won’t of course) put up a sign saying

“Help wanted- unbiased employees to work in various positrons recently made available by biased people that can’t handle the truth walking out. Apply today”


11 posted on 06/01/2020 11:55:43 AM PDT by Bob434
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Oh man, when you’ve lost FACEBUTT you know its over.


12 posted on 06/01/2020 11:56:51 AM PDT by eyedigress (Joe, put your mask on!)
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"Dozens"? Is that a lot? Probably not. It wasn't "hundreds".

Anyway fire them.

We have 40 million unemployed, many of them patriots, who would take their jobs in a minute.

13 posted on 06/01/2020 12:00:22 PM PDT by FreeReign
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‘Platform’ or ‘Publisher’? You cannot be both...

Pick one, stupid employees. Both come with items you won’t be happy with either way.

You cannot ask for protection as a ‘platform’ (not responsible for what people say) and simultaneously censor speech you don’t agree with (like a publisher)


14 posted on 06/01/2020 12:00:34 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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What the employee said, "The employee added: “Along with Black employees in the company, and all persons with a moral conscience, I am calling for Mark to immediately take down the President’s post advocating violence, murder and imminent threat against Black people.” What President Trump's posts said, Funny nothing that advocates violence murder and imminent threat against black people. Huh.
15 posted on 06/01/2020 12:01:00 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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Zuckerberg could find out that Facebook functions perfectly without their “work” during their sickout and proceed to eliminate the entire department.


16 posted on 06/01/2020 12:01:34 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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Too bad we can’t get these democrap idiots to hold “virtual” riots, too.

Just more dumb, childish, virtue signalling.


17 posted on 06/01/2020 12:05:16 PM PDT by Mr. Rabbit
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To: EinNYC

Reason #236 for me. Never have and never will.


18 posted on 06/01/2020 12:07:27 PM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Stravinsky

Aww. Ain’t that special. Bless their hearts.
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19 posted on 06/01/2020 12:08:24 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Stravinsky

Trump uses Twitter not FB.


20 posted on 06/01/2020 12:09:43 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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