George Floyd Protests: Facebook Employees Criticize Mark Zuckerberg For Not Removing Trump's 'Looting Shooting' Post

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Facebook has not removed President Trump's "looting, shooting" post, despite being tagged by Twitter for "glorifying violence"
Several Facebook employees took to Twitter to voice their anger over Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to take down the post and his defense for doing so
Zuckerberg has pledged around $10 million to help groups fighting to fix social and racial injustice

Several Facebook employees spoke out on Twitter, expressing disappointment to CEO Mark Zuckerberg for not taking down President Donald Trump’s “looting, shooting” post. The posts followed a “productive” call between Trump and Zuckerberg discussing the George Floyd protests.

It’s also the latest criticism leveled at Facebook’s decision to leave the post up after Twitter tagged Trump’s post for “glorifying violence.” Zuckerberg explained in a post on Friday that Facebook does not have a warning policy to address posts that “incite violence” and instead removes them entirely under the company’s guidelines. However, Facebook has allowed the post to remain on the platform.

Zuckerberg said that while he disagreed with Trump’s post, leaving it up would allow the public to hold Trump “accountable” for his words while protecting his free speech rights.

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Zuckerberg’s post was followed by an Axios report about a “productive” call about the protests between the famed billionaire and Trump. This stands in stark contrast to Twitter, which has become the target of Trump’s ire for tagging his post as “glorifying violence” amid nationwide protests.

This sentiment does not appear to have gone over well with many inside Facebook, who have voiced their frustrations with the situation. Critics include engineers, designers, and managers who are all frustrated by the perceived inaction by Zuckerberg and company executives.

I work at Facebook and I am not proud of how we’re showing up. The majority of coworkers I’ve spoken to feel the same way. We are making our voice heard.
— Jason Toff (@jasontoff) June 1, 2020

I don't know what to do, but I know doing nothing is not acceptable. I'm a FB employee that completely disagrees with Mark's decision to do nothing about Trump's recent posts, which clearly incite violence. I'm not alone inside of FB. There isn't a neutral position on racism.
— Stirman (@stirman) May 30, 2020

Censoring information that might help people see the complete picture *is* wrong. But giving a platform to incite violence and spread disinformation is unacceptable, regardless who you are or if it’s newsworthy. I disagree with Mark’s position and will work to make change happen.
— Andrew (@AndrewCrow) June 1, 2020