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June 1, 2020 12:30 pm GMT

'Silence is complicity': Facebook workers speak out after Zuckerberg refuses to take action against Trump

'Silence is complicity': Facebook workers speak out after Zuckerberg refuses to take action against Trump

As protests rage across the U.S., some Facebook workers are speaking out against their own employer. 

On Sunday, Jason Toff, a director of product management at Facebook, voiced his disapproval of how Facebook handled recent posts by President Donald Trump. 

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

Toff is referring to Facebook's decision not to take action against some of Trump's recent posts. Meanwhile, Twitter flagged a tweet from Trump for spreading misinformation about mail-in voting. It hid another, which said "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," from Trump's timeline because it violated its rules on glorifying violenceRead more...

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