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Business Insider: Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's decision to allow Trump's post in internal meeting even as employees protest and resign
* Facebook is refusing to change its decision to allow a post from President Donald Trump about the US protests.
* Late on Thursday, Trump posted on Facebook and Twitter, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts." Twitter said the post was "glorifying violence" and hid it with a disclaimer — but Facebook disagreed.
*At a heated meeting on Tuesday, Facebook employees challenged CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he stuck by his decision.
* Employees have staged virtual walkouts over Facebook's decision, and some have resigned.
Mark Zuckerberg isn't backing down.
On a heated call with employees on Tuesday, the Facebook CEO refused to change course on the company's decision to allow a post by President Donald Trump that has been criticized as "glorifying violence," according to a source familiar with the matter. The New York Times first reported on the meeting.
As protests over police brutality have engulfed the US in recent days, Facebook has faced a wave of internal unrest. It was sparked by the company's refusal to take action against a post of Trump's that said, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts" — a phrase used by a Southern police chief during civil-rights unrest in the 1960s.
Trump also posted the phrase on Twitter, which determined that the tweet was "glorifying violence" and attached a warning label to it. But Zuckerberg said it didn't break Facebook's rules.
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WNU Editor: He made the right choice. Some of his employees want to politicized the platform, But it is clear that he does not want to go down that route.
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"When the looting starts the shooting starts." Of course Mr. Zuckerberg made the right choice to not block this statement. If people tried to loot Mr. Zuckerberg property he would expect his own highly armed security to immediately use lethal force against the looters. To take any other position would be hypocritical.
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ReplyDelete\Looters Murder Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn at City Pawnshop – Film it on Facebook Live – Then Loot the Store
What did Facebook do? All those noble employees.
Did they take down the vid ASAP or did they wait until their coffee break was over?
The retired cop was 77 and was an African-American
This was done in the name of George Floyd, who was high on meth and fentynal. It was very stupid of Derek Chavin to have his knee on George Floyd. If I had that thankless job, I would not put my knee on the guy, I would let him squirm and beat his own head on the pavement and not touch him. In fact I might not arrest him and let him brutally assault the clerk or let the clerk gun him down. Seems to be what happened in my town. Clerk won this time. I wonder, if they tested the guy, who got shot for drugs. I wonder how long the clerk had been in the US. The clerk is Muslim so dare the media call him racist? They would, if one thing can be ascertained.
Does Muslim trump black?
From victimology studies at college. We do know that Muslim trumps gayness. So if a Muslim and a gay get in a dispute the press will usually side with the Muslim.
I reviewed the tape. There are 3. Liberals have lied a lot. George Floyd resisted. I did not see him bleed out the nose. I saw or heard only 3 people in the crowd. There may have been more. the 1st was a fat white chick. She is pretty close to morbid. She was no threat. She'll probably be a pneumonia victim due to her fastness before she turns 50. there was a black male. Might have caught a glimpse of him. Nut form his tone of voice and how well spoken he was, he did not see to constitute a threat. The black female paramedic(?) did not seem to constitute a threat either. My conclusion is the Chauvin did not shut down. He was stupid.