Mark Zuckerberg Faces Angry Questions From Facebook Staff On Donald Trump Post

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The meeting lasted 90 minutes and the employees asked Zuckerberg questions via a shared video screen.

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff at a company-wide meeting that he would not change his mind about the decision to leave the president’s shared positions American Donald Trump last week, whom many workers believed to have violated the company’s policies against violent rhetoric.

In a show of hands by video chat on Tuesday, Zuckerberg responded to questions from employees, many of whom have publicly expressed dismay that Trump’s message, which appeared to threaten to kill looters, was still visible on the service. Facebook. Zuckerberg told workers that he and other members of the company’s political team could not justify saying that the message clearly incited violence, which means that he did not break the rules of Facebook, according to two people who attended the meeting.

Zuckerberg added that Facebook is investigating whether the company should change the policy or find other ways to report the violent publications in addition to removing them completely, said one person. The meeting lasted 90 minutes and the employees asked Zuckerberg questions via a shared video screen. Many of those who spoke were upset and frustrated with the company’s position.

Facebook responded to the most intense internal protest in its history, involving public resignations and growing outrage at Zuckerberg’s decisions. While the CEO held on to posts last week, the company tried to allay concerns by announcing two initiatives. Facebook will create a hub for electoral resources – similar to its offer for Covid-19 – where users can search for verified information, meeting participants said. And Fiji Simo, the head of Facebook’s flagship application, has been tasked with sponsoring more proactive initiatives to advance racial justice, according to the employees, who asked not to be identified at an internal meeting.

On May 28, Trump posted a message on Facebook with the words “when looting begins, filming begins” in response to protests against the death in custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis. It remains on the social network.

The same message was also shared to compete with the social network Twitter Inc., which then added a warning and filter to the message. A number of Facebook employees, including VIPs, have criticized the company’s approach, challenging Zuckerberg’s decision to leave the job, and on Monday some workers participated in a virtual walkout to protest.

“Mark had an open discussion with his employees today, as he has done regularly over the years,” said a Facebook spokesperson. “He is grateful for their comments.”

An employee, software engineer Timothy Aveni, announced his resignation on Monday, citing Facebook’s failure to intervene on content such as Trump.

“Mark always told us he would draw the line in a speech calling for violence. He showed us on Friday that it was a lie,” Aveni posted on Facebook. “Facebook, an accomplice in the spread of armed hatred, is on the wrong side of history.”

As critics rose Monday, Chief Operating Officer Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg held a video conference with US civil rights leaders to discuss issues related to Facebook’s race, elections and other policies. topics. Color of Change President Rashad Robinson said participants were disappointed with Zuckerberg’s understanding of the problems.

Twitter also angered Trump last week when the company added a fact-checking label to a post on postal ballots. Trump responded by unveiling an executive order for law that protects social media companies from liability for content posted by its users.

(With the exception of the title, this story was not edited by GalacticGaming staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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