Dozens of Facebook workers on Monday protested against President Donald Trump 's decision, according to The New York Times, not to take any action on incendiary posts last week.
The virtual walk-out is in the spirit of a decision by the Facebook not to take action in relation to a series of controversial posts by Trump last week, including one which appeared to be threatening acts of violence against manifestors by saying, "When lootings begin, shooting begins."
According to the Times, workers have taken the day to join demonstrations around the country and leave behind automated e-mails saying that senders are out of business to protest the inaction of the organization.
Zuckerberg objected to fact-checking politicians over the past year. He said users should be able to view these posts and decide for themselves what to believe.
The decision of Zuckerberg to platform the inflammatory Trump posts last week faced severe internal opposition from its employees.
On Friday, Zuckerberg wrote a blog post discussing the concerns of the workers, while Facebook "decided to leave it, because the references from the National Guard indicated that we read it as a alert against state action and that people should know if they want to use force," Zuckerberg said.
'Our policy on violence incitement allows debates on the use of force by the State, but I believe that the current situation poses critical questions about the possible shortcomings of that debate,' he added.
Facebook workers criticized the neutral position of the company with leaked internal messages to The Verge.
"I'm going to have to tell you that I find the twists that are unbelievably hard to wear," a coworker wrote. "All this suggests a very high risk of violent escalation and civil disorder in November. If we have no court case, history does not judge us kindly."
"Made me sad, frankly disgraced," another employee wrote. "It was, I hope, not the final assessment?
Hopefully there is still someone somewhere discussing how and why this is clearly advocating for violence? ”
The company said to CNN:"We understand the pain many of our workers are experiencing, particularly our Black communities, "more workers went out on Monday to condemn Zuckerberg and Facebook. If workers disagree with leadership, we allow them to speak freely. We will continue to check your honest input as we face more difficult decisions about the content ahead.
A request for input from The Verge was not immediately answered by Facebook.
