{"id":763018,"date":"2020-06-01T10:05:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=763018"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:05:17","slug":"facebook-employees-revolt-over-zuckerbergs-stance-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=763018","title":{"rendered":"Facebook employees revolt over Zuckerberg\u2019s stance on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook profile that he had been “struggling with how to respond” to Donald Trump\u2019s posts (credit: Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Mark Zuckerberg is facing a backlash from within Facebook after several senior employees publicly criticized the chief executive for refusing to take action over posts by President Donald Trump that Twitter censured last week for \u201cglorifying violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

As protests and rioting over the death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, spread through several American cities this weekend, Mr. Zuckerberg was forced to defend Facebook\u2019s position as\u2014in his words\u2014\u201can institution committed to free expression.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Friday, Mr. Trump posted on both Facebook and Twitter that he would respond to violent protests with military force, saying: \u201cWhen the looting starts, the shooting starts.\u201d But while Twitter slapped a warning on the post and hid it from view, Facebook left the message intact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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