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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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdasection230; censorbusting; facebook; internet; intolerantleftists; rico; shareholdersuit; trump
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To: Mr. Rabbit

Virtual riots would be great, they can take down all of Facebook servers from their desks...


21 posted on 06/01/2020 12:09:55 PM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: mbrfl
Kids do the darndest things!


22 posted on 06/01/2020 12:37:09 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Stravinsky

Boy are these lefties out of touch!


23 posted on 06/01/2020 12:41:06 PM PDT by oil_dude
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To: Stravinsky

Americans! Lets start taking out the garbage in our lives dump, google, Facebook, twitter any one or company that sides with the looters and the rat agenda


24 posted on 06/01/2020 12:41:45 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Stravinsky

Hmmm, they must feel pretty secure in their jobs.


25 posted on 06/01/2020 12:41:57 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Stravinsky

Don’t work, don’t get paid, get fired. That would be in a normal non-SJW job of course.


26 posted on 06/01/2020 12:59:51 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Stravinsky

So, let them leave.


27 posted on 06/01/2020 1:10:39 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: polymuser

Linkletter was a con man


28 posted on 06/01/2020 1:12:40 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Stravinsky
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.

Fire them all! Maybe Facbook will start to look like the neutral platform it currently is not.

The protestors contribute nothing, do they? No one will even notice that they are gone.

29 posted on 06/01/2020 1:40:14 PM PDT by olezip
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Which media outlet will be the first bombed, when the hard core censorship starts.


30 posted on 06/01/2020 2:06:22 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: polymuser

Lol


31 posted on 06/01/2020 4:49:32 PM PDT by mbrfl
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